Classical Conditioning: A process of learning based on association where two stimuli are linked together to produce a new learned response in a person or animal which can help them adapt to new environments or avoid danger.
Operant Conditioning: Through operant conditioning; an association is made between a behavior and a consequence (whether negative or positive) for that behavior through punishment and reward.
Unconditioned Stimulus: An unconditioned stimulus is a feature of the environment that causes a natural reflex reaction (puff of air during eye test is the cause of an involuntary blink)
Conditioned stimulus: the conditioned stimulus is a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.
Observational learning: Observational Learning is when learning occurs through observation and imitation of others
Stimulus: A stimulus is any environmental feature that can affect a person's behavior
Stimulus discrimination: Stimulus discrimination is when we learn to respond only to the original stimulus, and not to other similar stimuli.
Positive Reinforcement: positive reinforcement involves the addition of a reinforcing stimulus following a behavior that makes it more likely that the behavior will occur again in the future.
Negative Punishment: negative punishment involves taking something good or desirable away to reduce the occurrence of a particular behavior.
Social Conditioning: Social conditioning is the process of training individuals in a society to respond in a manner generally approved by the society in general and peer groups within society.