Behaviourist Approach Classical Conditioning

Question 1

What is a stimulus?

Answer 1

Anything internal or external that brings about a response.

Question 2

What is a response?

Answer 2

Any reaction in the presence of the stimulus?

Question 3

What is a neutral stimulus?

Answer 3

A stimulus which does not naturally produce a response

Question 4

What is an unconditioned stimulus?

Answer 4

A stimulus that produces a reflex action

Question 5

What is an unconditioned response?

Answer 5

An innate, reflex response

Question 6

What is a conditioned stimulus?

Answer 6

The stimulus which produces the learned response after an association has taken place

Question 7

What is a conditioned response?

Answer 7

A learned response

Question 8

What is classical conditioning?

Answer 8

Learning by association

Question 9

What happens before conditioning?

Answer 9

Is a reflex where an unconditioned or natural stimulus caused an unconditioned or natural response

Question 10

A neutral stimulus does not?

Answer 10

Naturally produce a response

Question 11

What happens during conditioning?

Answer 11

The neutral stimulus and unconditioned stimulus are paired with the neutral stimulus being presented just before the unconditioned stimulus.

Question 12

What happens after conditioning?

Answer 12

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.

Question 13

What is Pavlov known for?

Answer 13

His discovery of the process of classical conditioning.

Question 14

What did Pavlov conduct his study on?

Answer 14

The salivation response in dogs

Question 15

What was the neutral stimulus in Pavlov’s study?

Answer 15

Bell

Question 16

What was the unconditioned stimulus in Pavlov’s study?

Answer 16

Food

Question 17

What was the unconditioned response in Pavlov’s study?

Answer 17

Salivation

Question 18

What did Pavlov do before pairing (association) in his study?

Answer 18

Presented the dogs with a bell and the dog’s didn’t respond.
When presented with food they naturally salivated.

Question 19

How did Pavlov form an association between the bell and food?

Answer 19

He presented the dogs with bell before feeding then many times. An association was formed and when they heard the bell they naturally salivated.

Question 20

In Pavlov’s study what became the conditioned stimulus?

Answer 20

The Bell

Question 21

In Pavlov’s study what became the conditioned response?

Answer 21

Salivation

Question 22

What is timing as an other idea of classical conditioning?

Answer 22

-NS is presented after the UCS. or before
-but there is a time gap between the NS and UCS
-conditioning does not take place.

Question 23

What is extinction as an other idea of classical conditioning?

Answer 23

-CR is not permanent/
-CS is presented enough times without UCS
-Loses it ability to produce a CR

Question 24

What is spontaneous recovery as an other idea of classical conditioning?

Answer 24

-CS and UCS are paired together again
-Association between, them is made quicker.

Question 25

What is generalisation as an other idea of classical conditioning?

Answer 25

-CR is produced to stimuli similar to CS