Psychology Chapter 6

Conditioning and learning

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Learning
Any realitvely permanent change in behavior that can be attributed to experience. . .does not include temporary changes due to diseases, fatigue, injury, maturation, and drugs
Classical Conditioning
A form of learning in which reflex responses are associated with new stimuli and is known as Pavlovian conditioning
Ian Pavlov
Was a Russian physiologist who studied digestion. . .his famous experiment involved salivation in dogs using meat powder
Reflex
An innate, automatic response to a stimulus. . .Ex. eye blink
Neutral stimulus
A stimulus that does not evoke a response
Conditioned stimulus
A stimulus that evokes a response because it has been repeatedly paired with an unconditioned stimulus
Unconditioned stimulus
A stimulus capable of eliciting a response
Unconditioned response
An innate reflex response elicited by an unconditioned stimulus
Conditioned response
A learned response elicited by a conditioned stimulus
Acquisition
The period in conditioning during which a response is reinforced
Higher- order conditioning
Classical conditioning in which a conditioned stimulus is used to reinforce further learning" that is, a CS is used as if it were a US
Extinction
The weakening of a conditioned response through removal of reinforcement
Spontaneous recovery
The reappearance of a learned response after its apparent extinction
Stimulus generalization
Tendency to respond to stimuli similar to, but not identical to, a conditioned stimulus. . .Ex. responding to a buzzer when the conditioning stimulus was a bell
Stimulus discrimination
The learned ability to respond differently to similar stimuli. . .Ex. responding to a buzzer, not as a bell or alarm when the conditioning stimulus was a buzzer