4A: Classical conditioning

Question 1

Learning

Answer 1

the process of acquiring knowledge,
skills, or behaviours through experience

Question 2

Behaviourist approaches to learning 

Answer 2

theories that propose learning occurs by interacting with the external environment

Question 3

Classical conditioning 

Answer 3

a process of learning through the involuntary
association between a neutral stimulus and
an unconditioned stimulus that results in a conditioned response

Question 4

Before conditioning

Answer 4

the first stage of classical conditioning, during which the neutral stimulus has no associations
and therefore does not produce any significant response

Question 5

Neutral stimulus

Answer 5

the stimulus that produces no significant response prior to conditioning

Question 6

Unconditioned stimulus 

Answer 6

the stimulus that produces an unconscious response

Question 7

Unconditioned response 

Answer 7

a naturally occurring behaviour in response to
a stimulus

Question 8

During conditioning

Answer 8

the second stage of classical conditioning,
during which the neutral stimulus is
repeatedly paired with the unconditioned
stimulus, producing the unconditioned response

Question 9

After conditioning 

Answer 9

the third stage of classical conditioning, during which the neutral stimulus becomes the conditioned stimulus, producing a conditioned response

Question 10

Conditioned stimulus

Answer 10

the stimulus (originally the neutral stimulus) that produces a conditioned response after being repeatedly paired with an unconditioned stimulus

Question 11

Conditioned response 

Answer 11

the response that occurs involuntarily after the conditioned stimulus is presented