Learning Crossword

1. Picking up behaviours by watching others instead of direct experience.
4. When a response spreads to things that are similar, not just the original trigger.
5. A famous experiment that showed how fear can be learned in a baby.
8. A reward pattern where you never know exactly when it will come—like a poker machine.
10. When two things need to happen close together in time for learning to occur.
13. Special brain cells that activate both when you act and when you see someone else act.
15. When a response suddenly reappears after it had seemed gone.
17. A type of learning where two things are linked together so one starts to trigger the response of the other.
18. Different patterns of giving rewards that change how fast and strong learning is.
20. Learning based on rewards and consequences for behaviour.
21. Adding something unpleasant to make a behaviour less likely.
22. Learning works better when one thing clearly predicts another.
23. Removing something unpleasant to increase behaviour.

2. The early stage of learning when the link between two things is being built.
3. When a learned response slowly disappears because the link is no longer reinforced.
6. Rewarding small steps toward a bigger, more complex behaviour.
7. The first step in learning from others—you need to notice what’s happening.
9. A step-by-step method to reduce phobias by pairing relaxation with fears.
11. The idea that some fears are easier to learn because our brains are “wired” to protect us.
12. Something that starts out neutral but comes to cause a learned reaction.
14. A study showing kids copy aggressive actions they see adults do.
16. When people improve just because they believe a treatment will work, even if it’s fake.
19. A device used to test how animals learn through rewards or punishments.