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| 5219929781 | Learning | 1) a relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience. 2) a change due to experience | 0 | |
| 5219933566 | Habituation | 1) an organism's decreasing response to a stimulus with repeated exposure to it. 2) to adapt to something | 1 | |
| 5219935721 | Associative Learning | 1) learning that certain events occur together. The events may be two stimuli (as in classical conditioning) or a response and its consequence (as in operant conditioning). 2) putting two memories together | 2 | |
| 5219938100 | Classical Conditioning | 1) a type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events. 2) type of learning that links two or more things |  | 3 |
| 5219940904 | Behaviorism | 1) the view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologists today agree with (1) but not with (2). 2) the study of behavior | 4 | |
| 5219943998 | Unconditioned Response (UR) | 1) in classical conditioning, the unlearned, naturally occurring response to the unconditioned stimulus (US), such as salivation when food is in the mouth. 2) a natural response | 5 | |
| 5219946337 | Unconditioned Stimulus (US) | 1) in classical conditioning, a stimulus that unconditionally - naturally and automatically - triggers a response. 2) a natural stimulus | 6 | |
| 5219948520 | Conditioned Response (CR) | 1) in classical conditioning, the learned response to a previously neutral (but now conditioned) stimulus (CS). 2) learned responce | 7 | |
| 5219951007 | Conditioned Stimulus (CS) | 1) in classical conditioning, an originally irrelevant stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus (CS), comes to trigger a conditioned response 2) learned stimulus | 8 | |
| 5219953427 | Acquisition | 1) in classical conditioning, the initial stage, when one links a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus begins triggering the conditioned response. In operant conditioning, the strengthening of a reinforced response. 2) to learn | 9 | |
| 5219956686 | Higher-order Conditioning | 1) a procedure in which the conditioned stimulus in one conditioning experience is paired with a new neutral stimulus, creating a second (often weaker) conditioned stimulus. For example, an animal that has learned that a tone predicts food might then learn that a light predicts the tone and begin responding to the light alone. (Also called second-order conditioning.) 1) a procedure of acquistion | 10 | |
| 5219959336 | Extinction | 1) the diminishing of a conditioned response; occurs in classical conditioning when an unconditioned stimulus (US) does not follow a conditioned stimulus (CS); occurs in operant conditioning when a response is no longer reinforced. 2) a loss of behavior | 11 | |
| 5219962146 | Spontaneous Recovery | 1) the reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response. 2) the recovery of a lost behavior | 12 | |
| 5219964870 | Generalization | 1) the tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses. 2) two stimulus that is similar that are compared similarly | 13 | |
| 5219967463 | Discrimination | 1) in classical conditioning, the learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus. 2) two stimulus that is similar that are compared differently | 14 | |
| 5219974718 | Learned Helplessness | 1) the helplessness and passive resignation an animal or human learns when unable to avoid repeated aversive events. 2) you learn to be helpless | 15 | |
| 5258028358 | Respondent Behavior | 1) behavior that occurs as an automatic response to some stimulus. 2) automatic response | 16 | |
| 5258030250 | Operant Conditioning | 1) a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher. 2) just like behaviorism, it deals with rewards and punishment | 17 | |
| 5258031992 | Law of Effect | 1) Thorndike's principle that behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely, and that behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become less likely. 2) failed theory that states favorable punishment become more likely, while unfavorable punishment becomes less likely | 18 | |
| 5258033930 | Operant Chamber | 1) in operant conditioning research, a chamber (also known as a Skinner Box) containing a bar or key that an animal can manipulate to obtain a food or water reinforcer; attached devices record the animal's rate of bar pressing or key pecking. 2) a box that proves operant conditioning |  | 19 |
| 5258036736 | Shaping | 1) an operant conditioning procedure in which reinforcers guide behavior toward closer and closer approximations of the desired behavior. 2) guides the person with rewards | 20 | |
| 5258039044 | Discriminative Stimulus | 1) in operant conditioning, a stimulus that elicits a response after association with reinforcement (in contrast to related stimuli not associated with reinforcement). 2) elicits a response instead of a stimuli | 21 | |
| 5258042884 | Reinforcer | 1) in operant conditioning, any event that strengthens the behavior it follows. 2) a reward | 22 | |
| 5258045477 | Positive Reinforcement | 1) increasing behaviors by presenting positive stimuli, such as food. A positive reinforcer is any stimulus that, when presented after a response, strengthens the response. 2) to increase behavior, you are given something | 23 | |
| 5258048648 | Negative Reinforcement | 1) increases behaviors by stopping or reducing negative stimuli, such as shock. A negative reinforcer is any stimulus that, when removed after a response, strengthens the response. 2) to increase behavior, something is taken away | 24 | |
| 5258052861 | Primary Reinforcer | 1) an innately reinforcer stimulus, such as one that satisfies a biological need. 2) a reinforcer based on a need | 25 | |
| 5258053110 | Conditioned Reinforcer | 1) a stimulus that gains its reinforcing power through its association with a primary reinforcer; also known as a secondary reinforcer. 2) a reinforcer based on a want | 26 | |
| 5258055298 | Continuous Reinforcement | 1) reinforcing the desired response every time it occurs. 2) a fast reinforcement that does not last long (treat the personj once and done) | 27 | |
| 5258058250 | Partial (intermittent) Reinforcement | 1) reinforcing a response only part of the time; results in slower acquisition of a response but much greater resistance to extinction than does continuous reinforcement. 2) reinforcing on a schedule that lasts longer | 28 | |
| 5258060188 | Fixed-ratio Schedule | 1) in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specific number of responses. 2) It is exact and you have to work for it | 29 | |
| 5258062713 | Variable-ratio Schedule | 1) in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response after an unpredictable number of responses. (gambler's schedule) 2) it varies and you have to work for it | 30 | |
| 5258065161 | Fixed-interval Schedule | 1) in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specific time has elapsed. 2) it is exact but you do not have to work for it | 31 | |
| 5258067452 | Variable-interval Schedule | 1) in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response at unpredictable time intervals. 2) it varies and you do not have to work for it | 32 | |
| 5258070494 | Punishment | 1) an event that decreases the behavior that it follows. 2) something that decreases behavior | 33 | |
| 5270924862 | Cognitive Map | 1) a mental representation of the layout of one's environment. For example, after exploring a maze, rats act as if they have learned a cognitive map of it. 2) a map in your mind | 34 | |
| 5270927157 | Latent Learning | 1) learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it. 2) hidden learning | 35 | |
| 5270929756 | Insight | 1) a sudden and often novel realization of the solution to a problem. 2) an "euricica" moment | 36 | |
| 5270932048 | Intrinsic Motivation | 1) a desire to perform a behavior effectively for its own sake. 2) inside motivation | 37 | |
| 5270934532 | Extrinsic Motivation | 1) a desire to perform a behavior to receive promised rewards or avoid threatened punishment. 2) outside motivation | 38 | |
| 5270936790 | Observational Learning | 1) learning by observing others. Also called social learning. 2) learning by watching | 39 | |
| 5270939637 | Modeling | 1) the process of observing and imitating a specific behavior. 2) when you copy the behavior | 40 | |
| 5270942883 | Mirror Neurons | 1) frontal lobe neurons that fire when performing certain actions or when observing another doing so. The brain's mirroring of another's action may enable imitation and empathy. 2) nerons that mimic other people | 41 | |
| 5270944763 | Prosocial Behavior | 1) positive, constructive, helpful behavior. The opposite of antisocial behavior. 2) healthful, positive behavior that influence your | 42 |
