Classical conditioning Flashcards
What is CC learnt through?
Association
What is the UCS?
Innate stimuli
What is UCR?
Response to specific stimuli
What is a NS?
Something that does not usually create a response
What is the CS?
When the NS becomes associated with UCS it becomes a CS
What is the CR?
Learnt response to a stimulus
What is extinction?
Behaviour suddenly stops
What is spontaneous recovery?
When a behaviour suddenly returns
Who supports this?
Pavlov - dogs associated food (UCS) with a bell (NS) resulting in dogs producing saliva (UCR/CR) - credible evidence
OTOH - dogs cannot be generalised to humans
Who conflicts this?
Skinner rats - behaviour is learnt through reinforcement not association
Other theories?
SLT - behaviour is learnt by motivation to repeat a role models actions
Usefulness?
Useful in explaining how phobias are learnt through association
Testability?
Reductionist - ignores biological explanation like genetics and hormones so is an incomplete explanation fo behaviour
