Classical Conditioning - 2 LEARNING

Question 1

List all 5 Pavlov’s other terms

Answer 1

-Acquisition
-Extinction
-Spontaneous recovery
-Stimulus generalisation
-Discrimination

Question 2

Define Acquisition in terms of Pavlov’s response

Answer 2

When the Neutral stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus are paired to create the conditioned stimulus

Question 3

Define Extinction in terms of Pavlov’s response

Answer 3

Describes the gradual elimination of a learned response that occurs when the unconditioned stimulus is no longer present

Question 4

Define Spontaneous recovery in terms of Pavlov’s response

Answer 4

Describes the tendency of a learned behaviour to recover from extinction after a rest period

Question 5

Define Stimulus generalisation in terms of Pavlov’s response

Answer 5

Is when the Conditioned Response occurs even if the Conditioned Stimulus is slightly different.

Question 6

Define Discrimination in terms of Pavlov’s response

Answer 6

Is the capacity to distinguish between similar but distinct stimuli.

Question 7

Use all 5 of Pavlov’s terms terms of Pavlov’s experiment

Answer 7

-Pavlov’s dogs acquired a new response to drool from a bell.

-The dogs were able to discriminate between a bell and a gong.

-The dogs generalised the high-pitched bell with a low-pitched one.

-The response quickly became extinct when the researchers stopped pairing the food with the bell.

-As soon as the researchers began pairing the stimuli again, the dogs spontaneously recovered their response