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Learning - MCAT Practice



Habituation is best described as:
Becoming used to a stimulus after repeated exposure






The phenomenon where a non-significant, second stimulus causes a temporary recovery of a previously habituated response is called:
Dishabituation






The associative learning theory primarily involves the idea that:
Ideas reinforce each other and can be linked






A method of learning that involves voluntary behaviors being modified by their consequences (rewards and punishments) is:
Operant conditioning






In the context of operant conditioning, a consequence that increases the likelihood of a behavior occurring again is known as:
Reinforcement






To decrease the likelihood of a specific behavior, one would use:
Punishment






A positive response (reinforcement or punishment) in operant conditioning is one that:
Adds a stimulus to the environment






When a behavior that was previously reinforced is no longer followed by a reward, the behavior is likely to undergo:
Extinction






The process of reinforcing successive approximations of a target behavior to eventually teach a complex action is called:
Shaping






In classical conditioning, the stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers an unconditioned response is paired with a neutral stimulus, which eventually becomes the:
Conditioned stimulus