Classical Conditioning Flashcards
Classical Conditioning explains how
someone can be conditioned into a response from a stimulus that is not the one that would naturally produce the response
The stimulus is
what is done to the animal/human
The response is a
reflex
Forward conditioning is
(Best) where NS is presented before UCS, can occur in 2 ways, delayed or trace conditioning
Delayed conditioning is
where there is an overlap where the NS keeps going while the UCS is introduced
Trace conditioning is
where break occurs between the pairings
Spontaneous conditioning is
where the NS and UCS are presented at the same time
Backward conditioning is
where the USC is presented and then the NS, not as effective as forward conditioning
Extinction is when
a conditioned response disappears, happens when association between UCS and CS no longer occurs
Spontaneous recovery is when
the resonse reappears after extinction for no reason
Generalisation is when the
conditioned response occurs in esponse to other stimuli that are similar to the origional conditioned stimulus
Discrimination is when the
conditioned response only happens in response to the orgional conditioned stimulus and not anything else
Unlike social learning theory, CC cannot explain how
we learn new behaviours, only how we learn how to display existing behaviours in response to different situations
Classical conditioning can easily be demonstrated in a laboratory where
extraneous variables can be controlled and cause and effect can be identified
Classical conditioning does not take into account other forms of learning behaviours such as
learning from the consequences of our behaviour or from observing and imitating others
