Quizlet chpt 7 Psychology summer

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  1. chaining: reinforcing the connection between diff. parts of a sequence
  2. classical conditioning: associations are made between a natural stimulus and a learned, neutral stimulus
  3. conditioned response: a response to a stimulus that is brought about by learning for example, salivatin at the word pickle
  4. conditioned stimulus: a previously neutral stimulus that has been associated with a natural(or unconditional) stimulus
  5. conditioning: making an association between two events by repeated exposure
  6. continuous reinforcement: each time a behavior occurs, reinforcemnt is given
  7. discrimination learning: learning to tell the diff. between one event or object and another; the reverse of generalization
  8. extincition: the gradual loss of an association over time
  9. generalization: a behavior that spreads from one situation to a similar one
  10. negative reinforcement: strengthening a response by following it with taking away or avoiding something unpleasant
  11. operant conditioning: results from ones actions and the consequences they cause
  12. partial reinforcement schedule: reinforcement is not given each time an act is performed
  13. positive reinforcement: strenghtening the tendency to repeat a response by following it w/ the addition of something pleasant.
  14. primary reinforcement: something necessary for psychological/physical survival that is used as a reward
  15. punishment: weakening a response by following it w/ unpleasant consequences
  16. reinforcement: something that follows a response and strengthens the tnedency to repeat that response
  17. response: a reaction to a stimulus
  18. schedules of reinforcement: diff. methods of reinforcing
  19. secondary reinforcement: anything that comes to represent a primary reinforcer;such as money bringing food
  20. shaping: the process of gradually refining a response by successively reinforcing closer approximations of it
  21. stimulus: anything that causes a response
  22. stimulus generalization: a response spread from one specific stimulus to other stimuli that resemble the original
  23. unconditioned response: an automatic response to a particular natural stimulus, such as salivation to meat
  24. unconditioned stimulus: automatically elicits a response, such as meat causing salivation