stimulus - a change in the environment in which an organism responds, neutral stimulus - has nothing to do with the response prior to the conditioning, classical conditioning - a learning procedure in which associations are made between a natural stimulus and a neutral stimulus, unconditioned stimulus - an event that elicits a certain predictable response typically without previous training, unconditioned response - automatic reaction to a stimulus, conditioned stimulus - once neutral event that causes a given response after a period of training, conditioned response - learned reaction to a conditioned stimulus, acquisition - the conditioned response happens gradually, generalization - responding to a second stimulus similar to the original conditioned stimulus , discrimination - responding differently to a different stimuli, extinction - the conditioned response can gradually die out, spontaneous recovery - the conditioned response can be brought back after extinction, but not to the original strength, operant conditioning - learning from the consequences of behavior, reinforcement - stimulus or event that follows a response and increases the likelihood that the response will be repeated , positive reinforcement - something is added, negative reinforcement - something is taken away, primary reinforcer - one that satisfies a biological need such as hunger, thirst, or sleep , secondary reinforcer - one that has been paired with a primary reinforcer and through classical conditioning has acquired value and reinforcement , aversive control - the process of influencing behavior by means of unpleasant stimuli (negative reinforcement), escape conditioning -  training of an organism to remove an unpleasant stimulus,

Conditioning Terms part 1

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