Psyc Vocab Chap 7

Front 1

Classical conditioning

Back 1

A set of procedures used to investigate how organisms learn about the signalling of events. Involves learning relations between events-conditioned or unconditioned stimuli- that occur outside of one's control

Front 2

Operant conditioning

Back 2

A procedure for studying how organisms learn about the consequences of their own voluntary actions

Front 3

Condtioned Stimulus

Back 3

The neutral stimulus that is paired with the unconditioned stimulus during classical conditioning

Front 4

Conditioned response

Back 4

The acquired response that is produced by the conditioned stimulus in anticipation of the unconditioned stimulus

Front 5

Second order conditioning

Back 5

A procedure in which an established conditioned stimulus is used to condition a second neutral stimulus

Front 6

Stimulus generalization

Back 6

Responding to a new stimulus in a way similar to the response produced by an established conditioned stimulus

Front 7

Stimulus descrimination

Back 7

Responding differently to a new stimulus than one responds to an established conditioned stimulus

Front 8

Extinction

Back 8

Presenting a conditioned stimulus repeatedly, after conditioning, without the unconditioned stimulus, resulting in a loss in responding

Front 9

Punishment

Back 9

Consequences that decrease the likelihood of responding in a similar way again

Front 10

Positive Reinforcement

Back 10

An event that, when presented after the response, increases the likelihood of that response occuring again

Front 11

Negative reinforcement

Back 11

An even that, when removed after a response, increases the likelihood of that response occuring again