EAB Unit 2 Fluency

Blocking

CS present prevents learning new CS

Compound Stimulus

two plus stimuli combined

Contiguity

nearness in time

Contingency

if then relationship

Adaptation

prolonged stimulus less responding

Conditioned reflex

CS elicits CR, learned

Elicit

reliably evoke

Habituation

repeated stimulus presentations, less responding

Neutral stimulus (NS)

stimulus without a behavior function

Overshadowing

more salient NS becomes CS

Potentiation

repeated stimulus presentations, more responding

Reflex

respondent S R relation

Respondent behavior

response part of a reflex

Respondent conditioning

pair NS with US/CS

Respondent discrimination

reflex response occurs with one stimulus but not another

Respondent extinction

presenting CS without US

Respondent generalization

similar untrained stimuli elicit response

Respondent spontaneous recovery

CR returns without more conditioning

Unconditioned reflex

US elicits UR, innate

Asymptote

maximum response magnitude

Backward conditioning

US before NS, ineffective

Delay conditioning

NS before US, with overlap, most effective

Fixed action pattern (FAP)

inflexible phylogenic behavior sequence

Higher order conditioning

pairing NS with CS instead of US

Latent inhibition

familiarity of CS weakens conditioning

Law of Intensity-Magnitude

UR magnitude rises with US intensity

Law of Latency

US intensity increase, UR latency decrease

Law of Threshold

minimum US magnitude to elicit UR

Modal action pattern (MAP)

flexible phylogenic behavior sequence

Simultaneous conditioning

synced NS and US, ineffective

Trace conditioning

NS before US, no overlap, effective