Psychology Chapter 5 Vocab Crossword

Relatively permanent change in behavior, knowledge, capability, or attitude that is acquired through experience and can't be attributed to illness, injury, or maturation
Any event or object in the environment to which an organism responds
Weakening and eventual disappearance of the conditioned response
Tendency to make a conditioned response to a stimulus that is similar to the original conditioned stimulus
Learned ability to distinguish between similar stimuli
Intense dislike and/or avoidance of a food associated with nausea or discomfort
One of Thorndike's laws of learning states the consequence of a response will determine whether the tendency to respond In that way will be higher or lower
Voluntary behavior accidentally brings a consequence
Anything that follows a response and strengthens it
Anything that follows a response and weakens it
Operant conditioning technique that consists of gradually molding a desired behavior
Soundproof chamber with a device for delivering food to an animal subject
Event that follows a response and increases the probability that the response will be repeated
Schedule in which a reinforcer is given after a fixed number of correct, nonreinforced responses
Reinforcer that fulfills a basic physical need for survival and does not depend on learning