PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Classical Conditioning, Reinforcement, Cognitive Model
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Learning: an enduring change in behaviour, resulting from experience. A type of learning in which a neutral stimulus comes to elicit a reflexive response because it has become associated with a stimulus that already produces that response. Key terms: unconditioned stimulus (us, unconditioned response (ur, conditioned stimulus (cs, conditioned response (cr) Acquisition: the gradual formation of an association between the conditioned and unconditioned stimuli. Extinction: a process in which the conditioned response is weakened when the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus. Spontaneous recovery: a process in which a previously extinguished response re- emerges following presentation of the conditioned stimulus. Stimulus generalization: occurs when stimuli that are similar but not identical to the conditioned stimulus produce the conditioned response. Stimulus discrimination: a differentiation between two similar stimuli when only one of them is consistently associated with the unconditioned stimulus.
