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| relatively permanant change in an organisms behavior due to experience |
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Unconditioned Response (UR)
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| unlearned, naturally occuring response to US |
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Unconditioned stimulus (US)
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| stimulus that unconsitionally triggers a response(happens automatically) |
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Conditioned response (CR)
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| learned response to previous neutral stimulus (CS) |
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Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
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| stimulus that after association with the US comes to trigger a conditioned response |
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| reappearance, after a pause, of extinguished CR |
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tendancy for stimuli similar to CS to elect same response |
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| ability to distinguish between CS and stimuli different |
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| type of learning where behavior is strengthened if followed by reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher |
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| behavior occurs as automatic response to some stimulus |
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| behavior that operates on envirnment, producing consiquences |
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| rewarded behavior is likely to recur |
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| reinforcers guide behavior toward closer and closer approximation of the desired behaviors |
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any event that strengthens the behavior it follows |
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| innately reinforcing stimulus such as one that satisfies a biological need |
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| gains reinforcing power through primary reinforcers |
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| reinforces a response only after a specified number of responses |
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| reinforcers a response only after unpredictable number of responses |
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reinforces a response inly after a specified time has elapsed (1st response after fixed time period) |
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variable interval schedule
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| reinforces a response after 1st response after varying time intervals |
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| mental representation of ones environment |
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| learning that becomes apparent only when there is some incentive to demonstrate it |
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| desire to perform a behavior for its own sake |
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| desire to perform a behavior due to promised rewards or threats of punishment |
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| learning by observing others |
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| process of observing and initiating a specific behavior |
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| positive, constructive, and helpful behavior |
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