Conditioning

“Learning through involuntary paired associations”

Occurs when a neutral stimulus (NS) is paired with an unconditioned stimulus (US) to elicit a conditioned response (CR)

NS - Burger king

UCS - morning sickness

UCR - vomit when eating BK

CS - seeing BK

CR - feeling sick

NS - taking a shower

UCS - toilet flushing nearby

UCR - screaming in pain

CS - another toilet flush

CR - leaping out of the shower

the process in which econsequences increase or decrease the frequency of a behavior

Begins with _______ or voluntary behavior that accidently results in a consequence

A consequence that increases the frequency of an operant is known as a _________

A consequence that decreases an operant’s frequency is called a _______

Can be + or -

Primary reinforcers

Secondary reinforces

Schedules of reinforcement

Fixed-ratio (FR) schedule

Variable-ratio (VR) schedule

Fixed-interval (FI) schedule

Variable-interval (VI) schedule