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anticipatory response

backward conditioning

a procedure in which the CS is presented shortly after the US on each trial

blocking effect

classical conditioning

conditioned response

conditioned stimulus

contingency

control group

counterconditioning

a behavior therapy procedure that uses classical conditioning to evoke new responses to stimuli that are triggering unwanted behaviors; includes exposure therapies and aversive conditioning

extinction

higher-order conditioning

inhibitory conditioning

a type of classical conditioning in which the CS becomes a signal for the absence of the US

interstimulus interval

latency

long-term potentiation

reflex arc

salience

most noticeable or important

sensory preconditioning

simultaneous conditioning

stimulus substitution

systematic desensitization

temporal coding hypothesis

trace conditioning

unconditioned response

unconditioned stimulus