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unconditioned stimulus
a stimulus that elicits a reflexive / involuntary response without learning
unconditioned response
a reflexive, unlearned reaction to an unconditioned stimulus
neutral stimulus
does not elicit a specific response
conditioned stimulus
a previously neutral stimulus that elicits a conditioned response after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus
conditioned response
learned response that occurs to the conditioned stimuli
extinction
if the conditioned stimuli is constantly presented without the unconditioned stimuli, ___ occurs and the conditioned stimuli loses its powers
spontaneous recovery
the reappearance of the control of the conditioned stimulus after it has been extincted is called ___ ___
higher-order conditioning
the process in which a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus by being paired with an already established stimulus
stimulus generalization
a process in which a response that usually occurs for a specific stimulus occurs from a different (but similar) stimulus
stimulus discrimination
when an organism responds to one original conditioned stimulus, but not to new stimuli that are similar to the original stimulus
opposite of stimulus generalization
counterconditioning
the process of associating a conditioned stimulus with another stimulus that elicits the opposite of the conditioned response
used to extinct fear conditioning
garcia effect
when we associate sickness with taste faster than with sight and sounds
evolutionary advantage that prevents us from eating things that made us sick again