Chapter 4: Classical Conditioning Flashcards
Strengthening of classically condition response
Eg. You always get sting when a bee lands on you
Aquisition
Classically condition response is less strong because it occurs without the conditioned stimulus
Eg. Bee lands on you and you got stung. However, twenty times later a bee lands on you and you don’t get stung.
Extinction
Reappearance of conditioned response to condition stimulus following rest period after extinction
Eg. Bees land on you but for some reason this time it stings you and now you’re scared of bees again
Spontaneous Recovery
Sudden recovery of feared response during extinction when a novel stimulus is introduced
Eg. Bees land on you and you’re happy but then you hear thunder and now you’re scared. The thunder (startles you) triggers your CR of the fear of bees.
Disinhibition
Neutral stimulus associated with conditioned response also becomes conditioned response
Eg. Your girlfriend breaks up with you so now you’re mad at her. Hmph! Now your ex is dating someone else and you associate your anger with that person she is dating.
Higher order conditioning
One stimulus conditioned as condition stimulus, another with which it was previously associated is also condition stimulus
Eg. You always go to Japango for sushi. You associate Japango with your friend Jill. You and Jill get in a fight in Japango. Every time you go to Japango even without Jill, you get tense. You associate your feeling for Jill with the restaurant.
Sensory Preconditioning
Word for compound stimulus (more than one stimulus occurring at once)
Specificity
More salient member of compound stimulus is more readily conditioned as condition stimulus.
Eg. You play basketball but you’re short. You and Anthony play together and you guys have equal stack but Anthony is 6 foot 4 and looks like a basketball player. At the end of the game, people aren’t going to talk about you, they’re going to talk about Anthony because he looks like a basketball player.
Overshadowing
Presence of an established condition stimulus interferes with the conditioning of new condition stimulus
Eg. If you play with LeBron James, there’s no way you’ll get MVP because LeBron is an established condition stimulus, even if you should get MVP for the underdog matching the skills of LeBron.
Blocking
Presence of an established condition stimulus interferes with the conditioning of new condition stimulus
Eg. If you play with LeBron James, there’s no way you’ll get MVP because LeBron is an established condition stimulus, even if you should get MVP for the underdog matching the skills of LeBron.
Blocking
Conditioning unfamiliar stimuli is easier than conditioning a familiar one
Latent Inhibition
Condition stimulus is passage of time
Eg. You’re a young child and your dad is drunk around midnight and always fight with mommy around midnight. You always get anxious around midnight now. You’ve condition your response to that time even if there is no fight.
Temporal Conditioning
Something that signals the condition stimulus is more likely to be followed by the unconditioned stimulus with which it is associated.
Eg. You work at a coffee shop and you have a great relationship with your manager. But every time the owner comes, the manager turns into a different person because the owner is present. The owner is the occasion setting. Every time the owner is present, you get anxious because you know the manager is going to treat you differently.
Occasion Setter
Decrease in conditioned response due to presentation of novel stimulus at the same time as condition stimulus.
Eg. If you’re hungry and you get mad so your mom tells you to watch TV for 45 minutes. You are now distracted by the TV and not mad.
External Inhibition
Post conditioning presentation of the unconditioned stimulus at a different level of intensity, thereby altering the strength of the response to the previously condition stimulus.
Eg. You’re playing tennis and you twist your ankle but you’re ok. Two weeks later you fall and totally mess up your ankle. The next time you play tennis, you’ll worry/anxious about your ankle even if nothing happens. You’re projecting your experience with high intensity with this low intensity experience.
Unconditioned Stimulus Revaluation
