discrimination learning

a conditioning or learning experience in which an individual must learn to make choices between alternative stimuli, some of which may be highly similar. To facilitate the learning, typically one of the stimuli is associated with a reinforcer or goal object and the other is not. For example, a cat may have to learn to find food under a white cup on the left side of an area in which there are white and black cups on both sides. Also called discriminative learning.

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Psychology term of the day

November 17th 2024

salivation

n. the secretion of saliva by the salivary glands, typically as a reflex response to stimuli associated with food.