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Learning
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Enduring changes in behavior that occur with experience.
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Association
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Process by with two pieces of information from the environment are repeatedly linked so that we begin to connect them in our minds.
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Conditioning
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A form of associative learning in which behaviors are triggered by associations with events in the environment.
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Classical Conditioning
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Form of associative learning in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a stimulus to which one has an automatic, inborn response.
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Unconditioned response (UR)
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The automatic, inborn reaction to a stimulus.
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Unconditioned stimulus (UCS)
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The environmental input that always produces the same unlearned respones.
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Conditioned Stimulus
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A previously neutral input that an organism learns to associate with the UCS.
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Conditioned Response
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A behavior that an organism learns to preform when presented with the CS.
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Stimulus Discrimination
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Restriction of a CR (such as salivation) to the exact CS to which it was conditioned.
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Stimulus Generalization
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Extension of the association between UCS and CS to include a broad array of similar stimuli.
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Extinction
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The weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response, which occurs when the UCS is no longer paired with the CS.
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Spontaneous Recovery
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The sudden reappearance of an extinguished responese.
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Law of Effect
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The consequences of a behavior increase(or decrease) the likelihood that the behavior will be repeated.
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Operant Conditioning
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The process of changing behavior by manipulating the consequences of the behavior.
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Reinforcer
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An internal or external event that increases the frequency of a behavior.
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