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Learning B. Studies
The learning unit
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Habituation | A decreased response to a repeated stimulus judged to be of no consequence. |
| Sensitization | A change in a response to a weak stimulus, caused by the readiness of an organism for a stronger stimulus. |
| Learning | A change in behavior as a result of an experience. |
| Stimulus | Anything in an environment that causes an organism to respond. |
| Response | An observable behavior. |
| Classical Conditioning | Learning in which a stimulus that does not elicit a given response is repeatably linked with one that does until the neutral stimulus elicits the response itself. |
| Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS) | Agent that leads to a response without training. |
| Unconditioned Response (UCR) | Automatic response to a UCS. |
| Neutral Stimulus (NS) | Agent that initially has not effect. (Look for first when solving problem) |
| Conditioned Stimulus (CS) | A former NS that comes to elicit a given response after paring with a UCS. |
| Conditioned Response (CR) | A learned response to a CS. |
| Generalized Stimulus | Production of a similar response to a similar stimulus. |
| Extinction | Gradual disappearance of a CR because the CS is repetitively presented without the UCS. |
| Operant Conditioning | Learning that takes place when a spontaneous behavior is referred as punishment. |
| Spontaneous Behavior | Any voluntary or non reflexive action. |
| Stimulus | Something in the environment that caused a response. |
| Response | Unit of behavior. |
| Consequences | The positive or negative responses for a behavior. |
| Spontaneous Behavior | Action that is voluntary control. |
| Reinforcement | Strengthening of a response by a consequence that follows immediately. (Good) |
| Extinction | The gradual disappearance of a response because it lacks reinforcement. |
| Aversive Control | Influencing behavior by use of unpleasant stimulus. |
| Negative Reinforcement | Increasing the likelihood of a response by removing or preventing an unpleasant stimulus. |
| Avoidance | Frequently responding to prevent the onset of an unpleasant stimulus. |
| Escape | Increasing a response in frequency to stop an unpleasant response. |
| Punishment | Unpleasant consequence that decreases the frequencies of a behavior. |
| Practice | The repetition of a task to aid in learning. |
| Attention | Detecting the appropriate stimulus. |
| Feedback | Discovering the consequences of a behavior or the results of a performance. |
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