Psychology Chapter 6 Quiz

A relatively enduring change in behavior, resulting from experience.

Responding after repeated exposure to a single stimulus, or event.

Linking two stimuli, or events, that occur together.

<p>Acquiring or changing a behavior after exposure to another individual performing that behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A decrease in behavioral response after repeated exposure to a stimulus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An increase in behavioral response after exposure to a stimulus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A type of associative learning in which a neutral stimulus comes to elicit a response when it is associated with a stimulus that already produces that response.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A response that does not have to be learned, such as a reflex.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A stimulus that elicits a response, such as a reflex, without any prior learning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A stimulus that elicits a response only after learning has taken place.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A response to a conditioned stimulus; a response that has been learned.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The gradual formation of an association between the conditioned and unconditioned stimuli.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A process in which the conditioned response is weakened when the conditioned stimulus is repeated without the unconditioned response.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A process in which a previously extinguished conditioned response reemerges after the presentation of the conditioned stimulus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Learning that occurs when stimuli that are similar but not identical to the conditioned stimulus produce the conditioned response.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A differentiation between two similar stimuli when only one of them is consistently associated with the unconditioned stimulus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A learning process in which the consequences of an action determine the likelihood that it will be performed in the future.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Thorndike's general theory of learning; Any behavior that leads to a 'satisfying state of affairs' is likely to occur again, and any behavior that leads to an 'annoying state of affairs' is less likely to occur again.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A stimulus that follows a response and increases the likelihood that the response will be repeated.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A process of operant conditioning; it involves reinforcing behaviors that are increasingly similar to the desired behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The administration of a stimulus to increase the probability of a behavior's being repeated.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The removal of an unpleasant stimulus to increase the probability of a behavior's being repeated.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A type of learning in which behavior is reinforced each time it occurs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A type of learning in which behavior is reinforced intermittently.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The greater persistence of behavior under partial reinforcement than under continuous reinforcement.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The administration of a stimulus to decrease the probability of a behavior's recurring.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The removal of a stimulus to decrease the probability of a behavior's recurring.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The use of operant-conditioning techniques to eliminate unwanted behaviors and replace them with desirable ones.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A visual/spatial mental representation of an environment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Learning that takes place in the absence of reinforcement.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The imitation of an observed behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Learning the consequences of an action by watching others being rewarded or punished for performing the action.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Neurons in the brain that are activated when one observes another individual engage in an action and when one performs a similar action.</p> Signup and view all the answers