Chp 7.2: Pavlovian Conditioning 2

Question 1

stimulus generalization

Answer 1

a CR occurs to stimuli other than the original CS, based on the similarity of these stimuli to the CS

Question 2

Discrimination training

Answer 2

Conditioning made even more specific to the CS

Question 3

Systematic desensitisation therapy

Answer 3

• one cannot be afraid and relaxed at the same time

- imagine phobic objects (CS) while relaxed (UR)

Question 4

higher-order conditioning

Answer 4

in classical conditioning, when a neutral stimulus becomes a CS after it is paired with another CS (rather than with the original UCS)

(Typically, a higher-order CS produces a CR that is weaker and extinguishes more rapidly than the original CR.)

Question 5

exposure therapies

Answer 5

Therapeutic techniques designed to extinguish anxiety responses by exposing clients to anxiety-arousing stimuli or situations while preventing escape or avoidance
- Break CS-UCS pairing using a technique in which a patient is exposed to a stimulus that arouses anxiety without the presence of the UCS.

Question 6

aversion therapy

Answer 6

the pairing of a CS that currently evokes a positive but maladaptive response with a noxious UCS in an attempt to condition repulsion toward the CS