| Learning Process | Explanation of Process |
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| Acquisition | Acquiring a new response (the conditioned response) to the conditioned stimulus |
| Extinction | Diminishing of the conditioned response when the unconditioned stimulus no longer follows the conditioned stimulus |
| Spontaneous recovery | Partial recovery in strength of the conditioned response following a break during extinction training |
| Stimulus discrimination | Elicitation of the conditioned response by stimuli that are similar to the conditioned stimulus (the more similar, the stronger the response) |
| Stimulus generalization | Elicitation of the conditioned response only by the conditioned stimulus or only by a small set of highly similar stimuli that includes the conditioned stimulus |