| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Acquistion | Initial stage of learning. A response is established and then strenghtened eventually stimulus comes to revoke a conditioned response |
| Extinction | Occurs when no longer trigger paired unconditioned stimulus with conditioned stimulus. diminishing of a conditioned response |
| Spontaneous Recovery | Occurs when something has been extinct but somehow conditioned response reappears weaker than original association |
| Example of Spontaneous Recovery | Mixing cream soda with alcohol. Throwing up for hours after. Years later got a cream soda and didn't think about what happened before and having thrown up again. |
| Stimulus Generalization | The tendency for a stimulus similar to a conditioned stimuli to evoke a similar response |
| Example of Stimulus Generalization | Little Albert Example |
| Stimulus Discrimination | Ability to discriminate between conditioned stimuli and other stimuli that don't signal an unconditioned stimulus |
| Example of Stimulus Discrimination | Lab Coat example Fear of the nurse who gives shots but not the doctor in lab coat because they don't give shots |
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