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chpt 7 Psychology summer

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shaping
the process of gradually refining a response by successively reinforcing closer approximations of it
conditioned stimulus
a previously neutral stimulus that has been associated with a natural(or unconditional) stimulus
unconditioned response
an automatic response to a particular natural stimulus, such as salivation to meat
stimulus
anything that causes a response
response
a reaction to a stimulus
continuous reinforcement
each time a behavior occurs, reinforcemnt is given
conditioned response
a response to a stimulus that is brought about by learning for example, salivatin at the word pickle
secondary reinforcement
anything that comes to represent a primary reinforcer;such as money bringing food
generalization
a behavior that spreads from one situation to a similar one
conditioning
making an association between two events by repeated exposure
schedules of reinforcement
diff. methods of reinforcing
positive reinforcement
strenghtening the tendency to repeat a response by following it w/ the addition of something pleasant.
discrimination learning
learning to tell the diff. between one event or object and another; the reverse of generalization
stimulus generalization
a response spread from one specific stimulus to other stimuli that resemble the original
classical conditioning
associations are made between a natural stimulus and a learned, neutral stimulus
reinforcement
something that follows a response and strengthens the tnedency to repeat that response
chaining
reinforcing the connection between diff. parts of a sequence
extincition
the gradual loss of an association over time
partial reinforcement schedule
reinforcement is not given each time an act is performed
negative reinforcement
strengthening a response by following it with taking away or avoiding something unpleasant
primary reinforcement
something necessary for psychological/physical survival that is used as a reward
unconditioned stimulus
automatically elicits a response, such as meat causing salivation
operant conditioning
results from ones actions and the consequences they cause
punishment
weakening a response by following it w/ unpleasant consequences

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