Chapter 4 Flashcards
Higher order CC
The process of paring a neutral stimulus with an already established conditioned stimulus
Higher order CC example
When the apple bees logo causing salivation is then presented with the a bell sound now without the logo the sound of the bell causes salivation
Variables that affect conditioning
Contingency, contiguity, prior experience, complexity, number of parrings of the cs and the us
Contingency
A series of events that occur in a cause and effect order
Contingency example
Hot stove, places hand on hot stove, gets burned
Contiguity
A series of events that occur in a cause and effect order
General heuristics
The greater the percent of the trials in which the cs and the us occur the faster the conditioning will be
Cs-us contiguity
Refers to the inter-stimulus interval between the presentation of the cs and the us
Conditioned taste aversion
The biological predisposition to have nausea to conditioned smells and taste
Previous experience
Haveing a previous experience with the cs without paring of the us seems to have diminishing effects
Latent inhibitions
Prior exposure the cs inhibits conditioning
Complexity of stimulus
In general classical conditioning experiments typically use simple stimuli as a cs
And example of complexity
Sound, odor , and color
Overshadowing
When one stimulus in a compound stimulus controls the cs-cr relationship while the other stimulus has no effect on the
Example of overshadowing
When a cs is presented along with a picture the cr happens now without the prior cs
The more cs-us parring
Have a stronger conditioning response
Relative strength of cs
Over the cr diminishes over repeated exposure
Us-cs Contingency
Positive correlation
Cs-us contiguity
Negative correlation
Prior experience with cs
Decreasing correlation
Complexity of cs Parring
Potential for overshadowing
Number of cs-us parring
Decreased relative strength
Extinction
The decrease in strength of a cs in controlling the cr as a result of continued parring of the cs without the us
Spontaneous recovery
When the cr decreases through repeated positive exposure and some gap of time passes showing the cs again will cause a sudden recovery of the cr
