chapter 6 terms

a systematic, relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs through experience

a theory of learning that focuses soley on observable behaviors, discounting the importance of such mental activity as thinking, wishing and hoping

learning that occurs when we make a connection, or an association, between two events

learning that occurs when a person observes and imitates another's behavior

learning process in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus and acquires the capacity to elicit a similar response

a stimulus that produces a response without prior learning

an unlearned reaction that is automatically elicited by the unconditioned stimulus

a previously neutral stimulus that eventually elicits a conditioned response after being paired with the unconditioned stimulus

the learned response to the conditioned stimulus that occurs after conditioned stimulus-unconditioned stimulus pairing

the initial learning of the connection between the unconditioned stimulus and the conditioned stimulus when these two stimuli are paired

the tendency of a new stimulus that is similar to the original conditioned stimulus to elicit a response that is similar to the conditioned response

the process fo learning to respond to certain stimuli and not others

the weakening of the conditioned response when the unconditioned stimulus is absent

the process in classical conditioning by which a conditioned response can recur after a time delay, without further conditioning

the recovery of the conditioned response when the organism is placed in a novel context

a classical conditioning procedure for changing the relationship between a conditioned stimulus and its conditioned response