PSYC1200/ Chapter 7: Learning

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unconditioned stimulus

a stimulus that elicits a reflexive / involuntary response without learning

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unconditioned response

a reflexive, unlearned reaction to an unconditioned stimulus

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neutral stimulus

does not elicit a specific response

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conditioned stimulus

a previously neutral stimulus that elicits a conditioned response after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus

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conditioned response

learned response that occurs to the conditioned stimuli

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extinction

if the conditioned stimuli is constantly presented without the unconditioned stimuli, ___ occurs and the conditioned stimuli loses its powers

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spontaneous recovery

the reappearance of the control of the conditioned stimulus after it has been extincted is called ___ ___

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higher-order conditioning

the process in which a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus by being paired with an already established stimulus

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stimulus generalization

a process in which a response that usually occurs for a specific stimulus occurs from a different (but similar) stimulus

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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

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counterconditioning

the process of associating a conditioned stimulus with another stimulus that elicits the opposite of the conditioned response

  • used to extinct fear conditioning

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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

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