Learning vocab set 1

The process of acquiring through experience and enduring information

When we link/associate two or more stimuli

Stimulus that doesn’t naturally cause a response in the organism

The naturally occurring response to the UCS

A stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response

Learned response to a previously neutral stimulus

A stimulus, after association, triggers a conditioned response

Neutral stimulus is linked to a UCS which triggers the conditioned response

Decrease in the strength or frequency of a learned response

An extinguished response appearing again after the passage of time

Transfer of a learned response to different but similar stimulus

Learning to respond to only one stimulus and inhibiting the response to all other stimuli

Type of learning where behaviors are emitted to earn a reward or avoid a punishment

Behavior followed by reward happens more often and vice versa.

A box with a bar/key that an animal manipulates to obtain a reinforcer

A method that strengthens a desired response making it more likely to occur again

Molding behavior closer to the desired behavior

Adding something to the environment

Removing something unpleasant that was already in the environment

Stimulus that satisfies a biological need

Stimulus that reinforces power through association with a primary one