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Behaviourism and Psychology
Match the term to the meaning.
Classical conditioning
A conditioned response occurs in the presence
of stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus
Conditioned response
A new behaviour is introduced into the
behavioural repertoire of the animal
Discrimination
A new stimulus
Extinction
A permanent change that takes place in
behaviour as the result of experience
Generalisation
An extinct behaviour recurs.
Learning
An individual does something it already does in
response to a new stimulus
Neutral stimulus
If a behaviour has unpleasant outcomes, it will
be avoided.
Operant conditioning
If a behaviour results in a pleasant outcome, it
will be repeated.
Punishment
Newly acquired behaviour dies away.
Reinforcement
The cause of a reflex action such as salivation
Spontaneous recovery
The process of being able to tell the difference
between two similar stimuli and responding to
only one.
Unconditioned stimulus
This occurs in response to a conditioned
stimulus
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Answers
Neutral stimulus
A new stimulus
Conditioned response
This occurs in response to a conditioned
stimulus
Unconditioned stimulus
The cause of a reflex action such as salivation
Generalisation
A conditioned response occurs in the presence
of stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus
Discrimination
The process of being able to tell the difference
between two similar stimuli and responding to
only one.
A permanent change that takes place in
behaviour as the result of experience
Learning
Extinction
A newly acquired behaviour dies away.
Spontaneous recovery
An extinct behaviour recurs.
Reinforcement
If a behaviour results in a pleasant outcome, it
will be repeated.
Punishment
If a behaviour has unpleasant outcomes, it will
be avoided.
Classical conditioning
An individual does something it already does in
response to a new stimulus
Operant conditioning
A new behaviour is introduced into the
behavioural repertoire of the animal
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