PSY 100 Lecture 5: Chapter 5
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Any relatively permanent change in behavior brought about by experience or practice. Learning to make an involuntary, reflex-like, response to a stimulus other than the original, natural stimulus that normally produces the response. Any object, event, or experience that causes a response/reaction. The automatic and involuntary response to the unconditioned stimulus. Previously neutral stimulus that begins to cause the same kind of involuntary response when paired repeatedly with the ucs (learned) Response that is given to the cs (learned response) Cs and ucs must come very close together in time. Cs must be paired with the ucs many times. Cs must be distinct from other competing stimuli. The tendency to respond to a stimulus that is similar to the original conditioned stimulus. Response to different stimuli in different ways. Presentation of the cs in the absence of the ucs leads to reduction in the conditioned response. Reappearance of a previously extinguished conditioned response.
