Behaviourist Approach Classical Conditioning Flashcards
What is a stimulus?
Anything internal or external that brings about a response.
What is a response?
Any reaction in the presence of the stimulus?
What is a neutral stimulus?
A stimulus which does not naturally produce a response
What is an unconditioned stimulus?
A stimulus that produces a reflex action
What is an unconditioned response?
An innate, reflex response
What is a conditioned stimulus?
The stimulus which produces the learned response after an association has taken place
What is a conditioned response?
A learned response
What is classical conditioning?
Learning by association
What happens before conditioning?
Is a reflex where an unconditioned or natural stimulus caused an unconditioned or natural response
A neutral stimulus does not?
Naturally produce a response
What happens during conditioning?
The neutral stimulus and unconditioned stimulus are paired with the neutral stimulus being presented just before the unconditioned stimulus.
What happens after conditioning?
After many pairings an association is formed between the neutral stimulus and unconditioned stimulus.
This causes a conditioned response.
Neutral system is now the conditioned stimulus.
The conditioned stimulus causes a conditioned response.
What is Pavlov known for?
His discovery of the process of classical conditioning.
What did Pavlov conduct his study on?
The salivation response in dogs
What was the neutral stimulus in Pavlov’s study?
Bell
What was the unconditioned stimulus in Pavlov’s study?
Food
What was the unconditioned response in Pavlov’s study?
Salivation
What did Pavlov do before pairing (association) in his study?
Presented the dogs with a bell and the dog’s didn’t respond.
When presented with food they naturally salivated.
How did Pavlov form an association between the bell and food?
He presented the dogs with bell before feeding then many times. An association was formed and when they heard the bell they naturally salivated.
In Pavlov’s study what became the conditioned stimulus?
The Bell
In Pavlov’s study what became the conditioned response?
Salivation
What is timing as an other idea of classical conditioning?
-NS is presented after the UCS. or before
-but there is a time gap between the NS and UCS
-conditioning does not take place.
What is extinction as an other idea of classical conditioning?
-CR is not permanent/
-CS is presented enough times without UCS
-Loses it ability to produce a CR
What is spontaneous recovery as an other idea of classical conditioning?
-CS and UCS are paired together again
-Association between, them is made quicker.
What is generalisation as an other idea of classical conditioning?
-CR is produced to stimuli similar to CS
