CH12-14 terms psych

classical conditioning

type of conditioning produced by the pairing of two stimuli, one of which evokes an automatic response

conditioned stimulus (CS)

stimulus that evokes a particular response only after it has been paired with an unconditioned stimulus

unconditioned stimulus (UCS)

stimulus that automatically evokes an unconditioned response

unconditioned response (UCR)

response automatically evoked by an unconditioned stimulus

conditioned response (CR)

response evoked by a conditioned stimulus after it has been paired with an unconditioned response

instrumental conditioning

a type of condition in which reinforcement or punishment changes the future probabilities of a given behavior

reinforcer

any event that increases the future probability of the preceding response

punishment

an event that suppresses the frequency of the preceding response

engram

physical representation of what has been learned

equipotentiality

concept that all parts of the cortex contribute equally to complex behaviors; any part of the cortex can substitute for any other

mass action

concept that the cortex works as a whole and the more cortex, the better

lateral interpositus nucleus (LIP)

a nucleus of the cerebellum that is essential for certain conditioned responses

short-term memory

memory of events that have just occurred

long-term memory

memory of events that occurred further back in time

consolidate

to strengthen a memory and make it more long-lasting