AP Psychology Learning Vocabulary Quiz

a type of learning which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcement or diminished if followed by a punishment

a type of learning in which an organism comes to associate stimuli. a neutral stimulus that signals an unconditioned stimulus (UCS) begins to produce a response that anticipates and prepares for the unconditioned stimulus. Also called Pavlonian conditioning

In classical conditioning, the unlearned, naturally occurring response to the unconditioned stimulus such as salivation when food is in the mouth

In classical conditioning, the learned response to a previously neutral (but now conditioned) stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that unconditionally -naturally and automatically- triggers a response

In classical conditioning, an originally irrelevant stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus comes to trigger a conditioned response

the initial stage of learning; the phase associating a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus comes to elicit a conditioned response

the diminishing of a conditioned response; in classical conditioning this occurs when an unconditioned stimulus does not followed a conditioned stimulus

the reappearance, after a rest period, of an extinguished conditioned response

the tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses

In classical conditioning, the learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus

anything that strengthens the behavior it follows

an event that decreases the behavior that it follows

an innately reinforcing stimulus, such as one that satisfies a biological need

a desire to perform a behavior effectively for its own sake

a desire to perform a behavior due to promised rewards or threat of punishment

in operant conditioning, a schedule reinforcement that reinforces a response at unpredictable time intervals

In operant conditioning, a schedule reinforcement that reinforces a response after an unpredictable number of responses

In operant conditioning, a schedule reinforcement that reinforces a response only after a specified time has elapsed

In operant conditioing, a schedule reinforcement that reinforces a response only after a specified number of responses

learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it

Thorndike's principle that behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely, and that behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become less likely

reinforcing a response only part of the time; results in slower acquisition of a response but much greater resistance to extinction than does continuous reinforcement

a view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologists today agree with (1) but not with (2).

the process of observing and imitating a specific behavior

behavior that operates on the environment, producing consequences

the effect of promising a reward for doing what one already likes to do.

The person may now see the reward, rather than intrinsic interest, as the motivation for performing the task

behavior that occurs as an automatic response to some stimulus; Skinner's term for behavior learned through classical conditioning

an operant conditioning procedure in which reinforcers guide behavior toward closer and closer approximations of a desired goal