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Chapter 6

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Definition
show A relatively permanent change in behavior or behavior potential as a result of experience.  
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Orienting reflex   show
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show The tendency of a person or animal to ignore repeated stimuli.  
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show To begin re-responding to a stimulus to which one had been hibituated.  
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show A stimulus that naturally elicits a response in a person or animal.  
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Unconditioned response (UR)   show
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Neutral stimulus (NS)   show
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Conditioned stimulus (CS)   show
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show The response elicited by a conditioned stimulus in a person or animal.  
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Classical conditioning   show
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show The degree to which two stimuli follow one another in time.  
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Contingency   show
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show Responding in a like fashion to a similar stimulus.  
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Counterconditioning   show
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show Responding only to particular stimuli.  
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Taste aversion   show
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Aversion therapy   show
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Extinction   show
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show The process of learning a conditioned response or behavior.  
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Spontaneous recovery   show
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show A type of learning in which the person or animal learns through the consequences of its behavior.  
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Law of effect   show
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Reinforcement   show
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show Strengthening a behavior by adding something pleasant to the environment of the person or animal.  
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Negative reinforcement   show
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Punishment   show
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Positive punishment   show
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show Weakening a behavior by removing something pleasant from the person's or animal's environment.  
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Operant behavior   show
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show A device created by B.F. Skinner to study operant behavior in a compressed time frame, in a Skinner box, an animal is automatically rewarded or punished for engaging in certain behaviors.  
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show A temporary increase in a behavioral response that occurs immediately after extinction has begun.  
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show Using operant conditioning to build a new behavior in a person or animal by rewarding successive approximations of the desired response.  
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Schedule of reinforcement   show
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Continuous reinforcement   show
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Partial reinforcement schedule   show
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Fixed ratio schedule   show
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Variable ratio schedule   show
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show A schedule of reinforcement in which the person or animal is rewarded for the first desired response in an xth interval of time.  
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Variable interval schedule   show
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show A reinforcer that is reinforcing in and of itself.  
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Secondary reinforcer   show
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show A system of operant conditioning in which participants are reinforced with tokens that can later be cashed in for primary reinforcers.  
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show A new way of looking at a problem that leads to a sudden understanding of how to solve it.  
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Latent learning   show
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Cognitive map   show
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show Learning through observation and imitation of other's behavior.  
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