Classical conditioning Flashcards
What is classical conditioning?
Learning through association
In other terms, two stimuli are linked together to produce a new learned response in a person or animal.
What is the stage one of before conditioning?
In this stage, the unconditioned stimulus produces an unconditioned response in an organism.
In other terms this means that a stimulus in the environment has produced a behaviour which is unlearned and therefore a natural response has not been taught
What is an example of stage one, before conditioning?
A stomach virus, would produce a response of nausea.
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A perfume could create a response of happiness or desire
Does stage one, before conditioning have any impact on the person?
No, as it involves another stimulus which has no impact on a person, as it could be an object or a place
What is stage two, during conditioning?
A stimulus which produces no response is associated with the unconditioned stimulus at which point it now becomes known as the conditioned stimulus
What is an example of stage two, during conditioning?
A stomach virus might be associated with eating a certain food such as chocolate
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Perfume might be associated with a specific person
How might classical conditioning be effective during this stage?
The conditioned stimulus should occur before the unconditioned stimulus, rather than after it, or during the same time
What does the conditioned stimulus act as for the unconditioned stimulus?
Acts as a type of signal or cue for the unconditioned stimulus
What is stage three, after conditioning?
The conditioned stimulus has been associated with the unconditioned stimulus and now creates a new conditioned response
An example of stage three, after conditioning
For example, a person who has been associated with nice perfume is now found attractive
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Chocolate which was eaten before a person was sick with a virus now produces a response of nausea
What is an example of classical conditioning?
Pavlov’s Dogs
What is Pavlov’s dogs experiment?
He represents the dogs with the sound of a bell, they did not salivate so this was a neutral stimulus. Then he presented them with food, they salivated. The food was an unconditioned stimulus and salivation was an unconditioned response
How did Pavlov condition the dogs?
He repeatedly presented the dogs with the sound of the bell first and then the food after a few reptitions the dogs salivated when they heard the sound of the bell. The ball had become a conditioned stimulus and salivation had become the conditioned response
