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Psychology 101 Unit5
LEARNING
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| learning | A relatively permanent change in behavior acquired through experience. |
| classical conditioning | the process of learning by which a previously nuetral stimulus comes to elicit a response identical or similar to one that was originally elicited by another stimulus as the result of the pairing or association of the two stimuli |
| unconditioned response (UR) | An unlearned response to a stimulus |
| unconditioned stimulus (US) | A stimulus that elicits an unlearned response |
| neutral stimulus (NS) | A stimulus that before conditioning does not produce a particular response. |
| conditioned response (CR) | An acquired or learned response to a conditioned stimulus |
| conditioned stimulus (CS) | A previously neutral stimulus that comes to elicit a conditioned response after it has been paired with an unconditioned stimulus. |
| extinction | the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response |
| spontaneous recovery | the spontaneous return of a conditioned response following extinction |
| reconditioning | the process of relearning a conditioned response following extinction |
| stimulus generalization | the tendency for stimuli that are similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit a conditioned response |
| stimulus discrimination | the tendency to differentiate among stimuli so that stimuli that are related to the original conditioned stimulus, but not identical to it, fail to elicit a conditioned response. |
| conditioned emotional reaction(CER) | an emotional response to a particular stimulus acquired through classical conditioning. |
| phobias | excessive fears of particular objects or situations |
| behavior therapy |
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