Period 3
Mrs. Tertia Yee
October 12, 2014
Learning:
Acquiring the ability to respond adequately to a situation. The modification of behavior through experience, involving rather lasting changes.
Reflex:
Relatively simple, unlearned, involuntary response to a stimulus.
Unconditioned Response (UCR):
Response that occurs normally, with no learning necessary.
Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS):
Original stimulus that elicits the desired response before the conditioning process begins.
Conditioned Stimulus (CS):
New stimulus, in a conditioning process, that was originally ineffective in eliciting a given response but has become capable of doing so.
Conditioned Response (CR):
New or acquired response elicited by a stimulus not originally has become capable of doing so.
Classical Conditioning:
Repeated pairing of an unconditioned stimulus, which originally elicited a given response, with another stimulus until this conditioned stimulus elicits the given response.
Counter Conditioning:
Replacing one conditioned response to a stimulus with another response. The process is often used to get rid of undesirable behavior.
Avoidance Conditioning Extinction:
Process of learning to avoid some unpleasant stimulus, such as learning not to place your hand on a hot stove.
Spontaneous Recovery:
Reappearance of a conditioned response after a period of rest following extinction but without further reinforcement.
Reinforcement:
Presentation of the unconditioned stimulus immediately following the conditioned stimulus, such as giving an animal an electric shock immediately following the sounding of the bell. In operant or instrumental conditioning, the strengthening of a response when it leads to satisfaction, typically a reward of some kind. Reinforcement is said to be positive if its presentation strengthens a response and negative if its removal strengthens a response.
Intermittent Reinforcement:
Rewarding some, but not all, correct responses.
Generalization:
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