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Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning, Skinner

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habituation   an organism's decreasing response to a stimulus with repeated exposure to it  
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associative learning   learning that certain events occur together, whether that's two stimuli (classical conditioning) or a response and its consequences (operant conditioning)  
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classical conditioning   a type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events  
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behaviorism   the view, articulated by John B. Watson, that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes  
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neutral stimulus (NS)   in classical conditioning, a stimulus that doesn't elicit a response prior to becoming the CS (tone)  
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unconditioned stimulus (US)   in classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally or automatically triggers a response (UR)  
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unconditioned response (UR)   in classical conditioning, an unlearned, naturally occurring response to an US  
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conditioned response (CR)   in classical conditioning, a learned response to a previously neutral (but now conditioned) stimulus (CS)  
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conditioned stimulus (CS)   in classical conditioning, a previously irrelevant stimulus that, after association with an US, comes to trigger a CR  
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acquisition   in classical conditioning, the linking of a NS and and US so that the NS begins triggering the CR. in operant conditioning, the strengthening of a reinforced response  
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extinction   the diminishing of a conditioned response; in classical conditioning, when an US doesn't follow a CS; in operant conditioning, when when a response is no longer reinforced  
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spontaneous recovery   the reappearance, after a rest period, of an extinguished CR  
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discrimination   in classical conditioning, the learned ability to distinguish between a CS and other stimuli that do not signal an US  
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John B. Watson   1920s behaviorist who believed that human emotions and behaviors, though biologically influenced, are mainly a bundle of CR  
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Ivan Pavlov   discovered classical conditioning  
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operant conditioning   a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher  
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law of effect   Edward Thorndike's principle that behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely, and that behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become less likely  
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operant chamber (Skinner box)   a chamber used in operant conditioning research that allows an animal to use a bar or key to obtain a reinforcer with attached devices to measure the rate of the animal's usage  
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shaping   an operant conditioning procedure in which reinforcers guide behavior toward successively closer approximations of the desired behavior  
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discriminative stimulus   the stimulus that is present when the behavior is reinforced, as opposed to another stimulus that is not associated with reinforcement  
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positive reinforcement   increasing behaviors by presenting positive reinforcers  
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positive reinforcer   any stimulus that, when presented after a response, strengthens the response  
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negative reinforcement   increasing behaviors by removing or reducing negative stimuli (relief)  
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primary reinforcer   an innately reinforcing stimulus  
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conditioned/secondary reinforcer   a stimulus that gains its reinforcing power through its association with a primary reinforcer  
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reinforcement schedule   a pattern that defines how often a desired response will be reinforced  
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continuous reinforcement   reinforcing the desired response every time it occurs (ratio)  
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partial (intermittent) reinforcement   reinforcing a response only some of the time; slower but enduring learning (interval)  
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fixed-ratio schedule   in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified number of responses  
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variable-ratio schedule   in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response after an unpredictable number of responses  
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fixed-interval schedule   in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified time has elapsed  
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variable-interval schedule   in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response at unpredictable time intervals  
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punishment   an event that tends to decrease the behavior that it follows  
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B.F. Skinner   a behaviorist who developed the idea of operant conditioning, the idea that behavior is determined by its consequences  
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positive punishment   administer an aversive stimulus  
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negative punishment   withdraw a rewarding stimulus  
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