A relatively permenant change in behaviour due to experience
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Classical Conditioning
A procedure during which an animal or person learns to associate a reflex response with a new stimulus
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Classical Condition Schedule
The steps in the procedure to condition a new response
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Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)
The stimulus that produces a reflex response
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Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
A new stimulus presented with the the UCS
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Unconditioned Response (UCR)
The reflex response to an unconditioned stimulus
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Conditioned Response (CR)
The response that is learnt it now occurs when the CS is presented
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Extinction
A conditioned response dies out
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Spontaneous Recovery
A conditioned response that has disappeared, suddenly appears
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Generalisation
The conditioned response is produced when a similar stimulus to the original conditioned stimulus is presented
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Discrimination
The conditioned response in only produced when a specific stimulus is presented
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Operant Condition
Learning due to the consequences of behaviour, through positive or negative reinforcement
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Law of Effect
Behaviours that are followed by rewards are usually repeated, those that are punished are not usually repeated
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Punishment
A stimulus that weakens behaviour becuase it is unpleasant and we try to avoid it
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Reinforcement
A consequence of behaviour that encourages or strengthens a behaviour. This might be seen as a reward
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Positive Reinforcement
A reward or pleasant consequence that increase the likelihood that a behaviour or action will be repeated
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Negative Reinforcement
When an unpleasant experience is removed after a behaviour or action has been made. This increases the likelihood of that behaviour or action being repeated
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Behaviour Shaping
Changing behaviour in small steps
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Phobia
A persistent or irrational fear of an objec, activity or situation. The typical symptoms are intense feelings of fear and anxiety to avoid the object, activity or situation
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Flooding
A treatment of phobias tha involves immediate exposure of the person to the feared object, activity or event, until there is no fear response
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Systematic Desensitisation
A treatment for phobias in which the person is taught to relax and then is gradually exposed to the feared object, activity or event
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Hierarchy of Fears
A series of feared events rankd from least to most frightening
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Aversion Therapy
A treatment for addictions, such as alcohol and drug dependency, which makes the addict have an extremly negative reaction to the negative substance
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Primary Reinforcer
A reward such as food or water, that the animal or person needs in order to survive
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Secondary Reinforcer
A reward, such as money or a token, that the animal can exchange for a primary reinforcer
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A procedure during which an animal or person learns to associate a reflex response with a new stimulus
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Classical Conditioning
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The steps in the procedure to condition a new response
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