Chapter 8

Question 0

Learning that certain events occur together

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Associative Learning

Question 1

Relatively permanent change in an organisms behavior due to experience

Answer 1

Learning

Question 2

Type of learning in which an organism comes to associate stimuli

Answer 2

Classical conditioning

Question 3

The view that psychology should be objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes

Answer 3

Behaviorism

Question 4

A stimulus that unconditionally-naturally and automatically- triggers a response

Answer 4

Unconditioned stimulus

Question 5

The unlearned naturally occurring response to the unconditioned stimulus

Answer 5

Unconditioned response

Question 6

An originally irrelevant stimulus that after association with an unconditioned stimulus comes to trigger unconditioned response

Answer 6

Conditioned stimulus

Question 7

Learned response to a previously neutral stimulus

Answer 7

Conditioned response

Question 8

Initial stage in classical conditioning; the phase associating a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus so neutral stimulus comes to elicit a condition response

Answer 8

Acquisition

Question 9

Diminishing; occurs when an US does not follow a CS

Answer 9

Extinction

Question 10

Reappearance, after a pause of an extinguished condition response

Answer 10

Spontaneous recovery

Question 11

Tendency for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar response

Answer 11

Generalization

Question 12

Learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli; that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus

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Discrimination

Question 13

Type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by punisher

Answer 13

Operant conditioning

Question 14

Behavior that occurs as an automatic response to some stimulus, skinners term for behavior learned through classical conditioning

Answer 14

Respondent behavior

Question 15

Behavior that operates on the enviornement, producing consequences

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Operant behavior

Question 16

Thorndikes principal that behaviors followed by the favorable consequences become more likely, behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become less likely

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Law of Effect

Question 17

Skinners box, containing bar or key that an animal can manipulate to obtain food or water reinforcer

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Operant chamber

Question 18

Reinforces guide behavior toward closer and close approximations of desired behavior

Answer 18

Shaping