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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

cognition, knowledge, noesis go
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

process, operation, cognitive process, mental process, cognitive operation go
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity

basic cognitive process go
cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge

acquisition, learning go
the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge

conditioning
a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment

noun.cognition

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extinction, experimental extinction go
a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
aversive conditioning go
conditioning to avoid an aversive stimulus
classical conditioning go
conditioning that pairs a neutral stimulus with a stimulus that evokes a reflex
operant conditioning go
conditioning in which an operant response is brought under stimulus control by virtue of presenting reinforcement contingent upon the occurrence of the operant response
counter conditioning go
conditioning in which a second incompatible response is conditioned to an already conditioned stimulus