CH. 5 PSYCHOLOGY VOCABULARY

ANY RELATIVELY PERMANENT CHANGE IN THE BEHAVIOR, THOUGHTS, OR FEELINGS OF AN INDIVIDUAL THAT RESULTS FROM EXPERIENCE

A PHENOMENON IN WHICH A PERSON GRADUALLY BECOMES MORE FAMILIAR WITH A STIMULUS AND NOTICES IT LESS AND LESS

A ONCE FAMILIAR STIMULUS CHANGES TO BECOME UNFAMILIAR, SO THE PERSON NOTICES THE STIMULUS ONCE AGAIN

AN INHERITED SPECIES-SPECIFIC; STEREOTYPED, AND OFTEN RELATIVELY COMPLEX PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR

A PREPROGRAMMED RESPONSE IN WHICH A NEWBORN ANIMAL LOOKS FOR A PARTICULAR KIND OF STIMULUS AN THEN CARRIES OUT THE RESPONSE; THE SPECIFIC STIMULUS THAT PROMPTS THE RESPONSE IS LEARNED

THE LEARNING PROCESS WHEREBY AN ORGINIALLY NEUTRAL STIMULUS BECOMES ASSOCIATED WITH A PARTICULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL OR EMOTIONAL RESPONSE THAT THE STIMULUS DID NOT ORGINIALLY PRODUCE

A STIMULUS THAT ELICITS A PHYSIOLOGICAL OR EMOTIONAL RESPONSE

AN AUTOMATIC PHYSIOLOGICAL OR EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO A (US)

AN ORIGINALLY NEUTRAL STIMULUS THAT LATER WILL ELICIT A PHYSIOLOGICAL OR EMOTIONAL RESPONSE

A RESPONSE THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE (UR), BUT THAT IS ELICITED FROM THE (CS) RATHER THAN FROM THE (US)

A PHENOMENON IN WHICH ONE OR MORE STIMULI DEPEND ON THE PRESENCE OF ANOTHER STIMULUS

A PAHSE OF LEARNING WHICH THE PROBABILITY OF LEARNING INCREASES

A PHASE OF LEARNING WHEN THE PROBABILITY OF THE CR DECREASES OVER TIME EVENTUALLY APPROACHING ZERO

A RESPONSE TO THE OBSERVED SIMILARITY OF A STIMULUS TO THE CS, WHICH INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE CR WILL OCCUR FOLLOWING PRESENTATION OF THE STIMULUS

A RESPONSE TO THE OBSERVED DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A NEW STIMULUS AND THE ORGINIAL CS, WHICH MAKES IT LESS LIKELY THAT THE NEW STIMULUS WILL LEAD TO THE CR

THE PROCESS OF INCREASING OR DECREASING THE LIKELEHOOD THAT AN INDIVIDUAL WILL PRODUCE AN ACTIVE BEHAVIOR (AN OPERANT) AS A RESULT OF INTERACTING WITH THE ENVIRONMENT

A KIND OF RESPONSE THAT HAS SOME EFFECT ON THE WORLD

A STIMULUS EVENT THAT INCREASES THE PROBABILITY THAT THE OPERANT ASSOCIATED WITH IT WILL BE REPEATED

A POSITIVE STIMULUS EVENT THAT FOLLOWS AN OPERANT AND STRENGHTHENS THE ASSOCIATED BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE

THE EFFECT OF A POSITIVE REINFORCEER (STIMULUS EVENT) SOON AFTER AN OPERANT (RESPONSE)

THE EFFECT OF THE REMOVAL OR CESSATION, STOPPING, OF AN UNPLEASENT STIMULUS, SUCH AS PHYSICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL PAIN OR DISCOMFORT

AN UNPLEASENT STIMULUS EVENT THAT IS REMOVED FOLLOWING AN OPERANT RESPONSE, THEREBY LEADING TO AN INCREASED PROBABILITY THAT THE OPERANT WILL BE REPEATED

THE EFFECT OF THE DELIVERY OF A STIMULUS EVENT THAT DECREASES THE PROBABILITY OF AN ASSOCIATED RESPONSE; RESULTS FROM EITHER PRESENTING AN UNPLEASENT STIMULUS OR REMOVING A PLEASENT ONE

THE USE OF PUNISHMENT AS A MEANS OF ENCOURAGING AN INDIVIDUAL TO TRY TO ESCAPE FROM OR TO AVOID A SITUATION

THE GOAL OF CONDITIONING; AN INDIVIDUAL LEARNS TO STAY AWAY FROM SOMETHING

A LEARNED BEHAVIOR IN WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL GIVES UP TRYING TO ESCAPE FROM A PAINFUL SITUATION AFTER REPEATEDLY FAILING TO ESCAPE

A PHENOMENON IN WHICH INCREASES IN THE LENGHTH OF TIME BETWEEN AN OPERANT AND A REINFORCER DIRECTLY DECREASE THE EFFECT OF THE REINFORCEMENT

A STIMULUS THAT PROVIDES AN IMMEDIATE REINFORCEMENT THAT SATISFIES THE SENSES

A STIMULUS THAT GAINS REINFORCING VALUE THROUGH ASSOCIATION WITH A PRIMARY REINFORCER

BRING BEHAVIOR UNDER CONTROL BY PROVIDING A PROGRAM OF REINFORCEMENT

A METHOD FOR SHAPING BEHAVIOR BY GRADUALLY REINFORCING OPERANTS THAT ARE INCREASINGLY MORE SIMILAR TO THE DESIRED BEHAVIOR

A LEARNING PROGRAM IN WHICH REINFORCEMENT ALWAYS FOLLOWS A PARTICULAR OPERANT BEHAVIOR

THE PATTERNS BY WHICH REINFORCEMENTS FOLLOW OPERANTS

AN OPERANT CONDITIONING PROGRAM IN WHICH A GIVEN OPERANT IS REINFORCED AT SOME TIMES BUT NOT AT OTHER TIMES

THE LEARNING THAT OCCURS BY OBSERVING THE BEHAVIOR OF OTHERS, AS WELL AS BY OBSERVING ANY ENVIROMENTAL OUTCOMES OF THE BEHAVIOR