Psychology - Classical Conditioning and Operant Conditioning

operant conditioning

A type of associative learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior (Skinner).

classical conditioning

Conditioning process in which an originally neutral stimulus, by repeated pairing with a stimulus that normally elicits a response, comes to elicit a similar or even identical response; aka Pavlovian conditioning

extinction

Disappearance of the conditioned response.

acquisition

In classical conditioning, the initial stage, when one links a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus begins triggering the conditioned response. In operant conditioning, the strengthening of a reinforced response.

stimulus discrimination

Process by which an organism learns to respond only to a specific stimulus and not to other stimuli

higher order conditioning

a procedure in which a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus through association with an already established conditioned stimulus.

avoidance learning

an organism's learning that it can altogether avoid a negative stimulus by making a particular response

stimulus generalization

learning that occurs when stimuli that are similar but not identical to the conditioned stimulus produce the conditioned response

spontaneously recovery

process in classical conditioning by which a CR can recur after time delay, without further conditioning. Ex: Smelling an Ex's cologne reminds you of your ex's

renewal effect

sudden reemergence of a conditioned response following extinction when an animal is returned to the environment in which the conditioned response was acquired