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8726521818conditioned response (CR)in classical conditioning, a learned reponse to a previously neutral (but now conditioned) stimulus (CS)0
8726521819conditioned stimulus (CS)in classical conditioning, an originally irrelevant stimulus that, after addiction with an UCS comes to trigger a CR1
8726521820acquisitionin classical conditioning, the initial stage, when one links a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus begins triggering the conditioned response2
8726521821higher order conditioninga procedure in which the conditioned stimulus in one conditioning experience is paired with a new neutral stimulus, creating a second (often weaker) conditioned stimulus3
8726521822extinctionthe diminishing of a conditioned response4
8726521823spontaneous recoverythe reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response5
8726521824GeneralizationThe tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses6
8726521825discriminationin classical conditioning, the learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus7
8726521826social learning theorya model that states that we leans social behavior by observing and imitating and by being rewarded or punished8
8726521827operant conditioninga type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher9
8726521828law of effectThorndike's principle that behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely, and that behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become less likely10
8726521829operant chamberin operant conditioning, a box containing a bar or key that an animal can manipulate to obtain a food or water reinforcer; AKA Skinner box11

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