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CONDITIONING: NOT JUST FOR YOUR HAIR
CONDITIONING: NOT JUST FOR YOUR HAIR

CLASSICAL AND OPERANT CONDITIONING

KEY TERMS FOR BOTH TYPES OF CONDITONING

* UNCONDITIONED STIMULUS (UCS): AGENT THAT LEADS TO A RESPONSE WITHOUT TRAINING.


* UNCONDITIONED RESPONSE (UCR): AUTOMATIC RESPONSE TO A UCS.


*NEUTRAL STIMULUS (NS): AGENT THAT INITIALLY HAS NO EFFECT


*CONDITIONED STIMULUS (CS): A FORMER NS THAT COMES TO ELICIT A GIVEN RESPONSE AFTER PAIRING WITH A UCS


* CONDITIONED RESPONSE (CR): A LEARNED RESPONSE TO A CS

SOME COMMON RESULTS OF CONDITIONING

* GENERALIZED STIMULUS (GS): PRODUCTION OF A SIMILAR RESPONSE TO A SIMILAR STIMULI

* EXTINCTION: GRADUAL DISAPPEARANCE OF A CONDITIONED RESPONSE (CR) BECAUSE THE CS IS REPEATEDLY PRESENTED WITHOUT THE UCS.

* HABITUATION: A DECREASED RESPONSE TO A REPEATED STIMULUS

* SENSITIZATION: A CHANGE IN A RESPONSE TO A WEAK STIMULUS