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5381230681learninga relative permanent change due to an organisms behavior due to experience.0
5385327194classical conditioninga type of leaning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events1
5385328409behaviorismThe view that psychology 1) should be an objective science that 2)studies behavior without reference to metal processes. Psychologists today agree with number one2
5385334707unconditioned responsean automatic response to stimulus3
5385342623unconditioned stimulusa stimulus that causes a response that is automatic, not learned4
5385344513conditioned responsethe learned response to the previously neutral stimulus5
5385350219conditioned stimulusa stimulus that causes a response that is learned6
5385366595habituationan organisms decreasing response to a stimulus with repeated exposure to it7
5385368866associative learninglearning that certain events occur together. The events may be two stimuli or a response and its consequences8
5385372997generalizationoccurs when people respond in the same way to similar stimuli9
5385375623discriminationthe act of responding differently to stimuli that are not similar10
5385377033learned helpessnessa condition in which a person suffers from a sense of powerlessness11
5385380730acquisitionit refers to the period when the stimulus comes to evoke the conditioned response12
5385386709higher-order conditioningthe use of a previously conditioned stimulus to condition further responses, in much the same way unconditioned stimuli are used13
5385390093extinctionoccurs when the conditioned stimulus is disconnected from the unconditioned stimulus14
5385392327spontaneous recoverythe reappearance of an extinguished conditioned response15

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