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aversive conditioning | the use of something unpleasant, or a punishment, to stop an unwanted behavior. |
higher-order conditioning | occurs when a conditioned stimulus becomes associated with a new unconditioned stimulus. |
Garcia effect | conditioned taste aversions develop after a specific food becomes associated with a negative reaction, such as nausea or vomiting |
operant conditioning | theory that where behavior is encouraged with rewards or discouraged with punishment |
Law of Effect | stated that any behavior that is followed by pleasant consequences is likely to be repeated, and any behavior followed by unpleasant consequences is likely to be stopped. |
BF Skinner | ignored cognitive processes; developed schedules of reinforcement |
Edward Thorndike | developed law of effect |
generalization | taking a learning in one situation and applying it in another situation |