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| unconditioned response (UCR) | |
| A response that is natural and needs no training (e.g., salivation at the smell of food) (Ch. 6) | |
| unconditioned stimulus (UCS) | |
| A stimulus that brings about a response without having been learned (Ch. 6) | |
| unconscious | |
| A part of the personality of which a person is not aware, and which is a potential determinant of behavior (Ch. 14) | |
| unconscious wish fulfillment theory | |
| Sigmund Freud’s theory that dreams represent unconscious wishes that dreamers desire to see fulfilled (Ch. 5) | |
| universal grammar | |
| Noam Chomsky’s theory that all the world’s languages share a similar underlying structure (Ch. 8) | |
| uplifts | |
| Minor positive events that make one feel good (Ch. 15) | |
