Psych Vocab ch 5

The use of operant conditioning techniques to bring about desired changes in behavior

Learning to make an involuntary (reflex) response to a stimulus other than the original, natural stimulus that normally produces the reflex

The reinforcement of each and every correct response

The tendency to respond to a stimulus that is only similar to the original conditioned stimulus with the conditioned response

Any event or stimulus, that when following a response, increases the probability that the response will occur again

The learning of voluntary behavior through the effects of pleasant and unpleasant consequences to responses

Learning a new behavior by watching a model perform that behavior

Any event or object that, when following a response, makes that response, less likely to happen again

The reinforcement of simple steps in behavior that lead to a desired, more complex behavior

The disappearance or weakening of a learned response following the removal or absence of the unconditioned stimulus (in classical conditioning) or the removal of a reinforcer (in operant conditioning)