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Myers 7th Edition - Chapter 08 Vocabulary

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TERM
DEFINITION
show A relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience.  
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show Learning that certain events occur together. The events may be two stimuli (as in classical conditioning) or a response and its consequences (as in operant conditioning).  
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show A type of learning in which an organism comes to associate stimuli. A neutral stimulus that signals an unconditioned stimulus (UCS) begins to produce a response that anticipates and prepares for the UCS. Also called Pavlovian conditioning.  
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BEHAVIORISM   show
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show In classical conditioning, the unlearned, naturally occuring response to the unconditioned stimulus (UCS), such as salivation when food is in the mouth.  
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UNCONDITIONED STIMULUS (UCS)   show
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show In classical conditioning, the learned response to a previously neutral conditioned stimulus (CS).  
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show In classical conditioning, an originally irrelevant stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus (UCS), comes to trigger a conditioned response.  
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ACQUISITION   show
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show The diminishing of a conditioned response; occurs in classical conditioning when an unconditioned stimulus (UCS) does not follow a conditioned stimulus (CS); occurs in operant conditioning when a response is no longer reinforced.  
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show The reappearance, after a rest period, of an extinguished conditioned response.  
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show The tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses.  
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show In classical conditioning, the learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and other stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus.  
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OPERANT CONDITIONING   show
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RESPONDENT BEHAVIOR   show
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show Behavior that operates on the environment, producing consequences.  
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LAW OF EFFECT   show
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OPERANT CHAMBER (SKINNER BOX)   show
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show An operant conditioning procedure in which reinforcers guide behavior toward closer and closer approximations of a desired goal.  
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show In operant conditioning, any event that strengthens the behavior it follows.  
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show An innately reinforcing stimulus, such as one that satisfies a biological need.  
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CONDITIONED REINFORCER   show
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show Reinforcing the desired response every time it occurs.  
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show Reinforcing a response only part of the time; results in slower acquisition of a response but much greater resistance to extinction than does continuous reinforcement.  
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FIXED-RATIO SCHEDULE   show
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show In operant conditioning, a schedule of reinforcement that reinforces a response after an unpredictable number of responses.  
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FIXED-INTERVAL SCHEDULE   show
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show In operant conditioning, a schedule of reinforcement that reinforces a response at unpredictable time intervals.  
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show An event that decreases the behavior that it follows.  
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show A mental representation of the layout of one's environment. For example, after exploring a maze, rats act as if they have learned a cognitive map of it.  
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LATENT LEARNING   show
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show The effect of promising a reward for doing what one already likes to do. The person may now see this reward, rather than intrinsic interest, as the motivation for performing the task.  
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show A desire to perform a behavior for its own sake and to be effective.  
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show A desire to perform a behavior due to promised rewards or threats of punishment.  
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OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING   show
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show The process of observing and imitating a specific behavior.  
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show Frontal lobe neurons that fire when performing certain actions or when observing another doing so. The brain's mirroring of another's actions may enable imitation, language learning, and empathy.  
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PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR   show
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