A feature in the environment that is detected by an organism or that leads to a change in behavior - Stimulus, An observable reaction to a stimulus - Response, A type of learning in which a neutral stimulus comes to elicit an unconditioned response when the neutral stimulus is repeatedly paired with a stimulus that normally causes an unconditioned response. - Classical Conditioning, In classical conditioning, a stimulus that elicits an unlearned, naturally occurring response - Unconditioned Stimulus, In classical conditioning, an unlearned response - Unconditioned Response, A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus - Conditioned Response, A previously neutral stimulus that, because of pairing with an unconditioned stimulus, now causes a conditioned response - Conditioned Stimulus, In classical conditioning, the disappearance of a conditioned response when an unconditioned stimulus no longer follow a conditioned stimulus - Extinction, A Stimulus or event that follows a response and increases the frequency of that response - Reinforcement, used to treat phobias, in which a pleasant, relaxed stated is associated with gradually increasing anxiety- triggering stimuli - Systematic Desensitization, A stimulus or event that follows behavior that decreases the future likelihood of it. - Punishment, Learning that occurs but remains hidden until there is a need to use it - Latent Learning, Learning by observing and imitating the behavior of others - Observational Learning, the process by which we recollect prior experiences and information and skills learned in the past - Memory, memory of a specific event - Episodic Memory, the translation of information into a form it can be used - Encoding, the maintenance of encoded information over a period of time - Storage, repetition of information in order to keep from forgetting it - Maintenance Rehearsal, relating information to information you already know well - Elaborative Rehearsal, locating stored information and returning it to conscious thought - Retrieval, the immediate, initial recording of data that enter through our senses - Sensory Memory, activated memory that holds a few items briefly, before information is stored or forgotten - Short Term Memory, the tendency to recall the initial items in a series - Primacy Effect, the tendency to recall the last items in a series - Recency Effect, new information appears in short-term memory and takes the place of what was already there - Interference, the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system. - Long Term Memory, identifying objects or events that have been encountered before - Recognition, to bring something back to mind - Recall, when you forget something, and then learn it again faster than the first time you learned it - Relearning, the fading away of a memory over time - Decay, your memory of facts, words, concepts-- most of what you would say you know - Semantic Memory, is memory that is implied, or NOT clearly stated - Implicit Memory, loss of memory and the ability to store new information, usually caused by trauma - Anterograde Amnesia, the unexistant knowledge of how someone was led to a traumatic event - Retrograde Amnesia, the unexistant knowledge of information before you were 3 - Infantile Amnesia,

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