Classical conditioning (6.1) Flashcards
Learning
A process by which behavior or knowledge changes as a result of experience
Classical conditioning (Pavlov’s conditioning)
A form of associative learning in which and organism learns to associate a neural stimulus with a biologically relevant stimulus, which results in a change in the response to the previously neutral stimulus
Unconditioned stimulus (US)
A stimulus that elicits a reflexive response without learning
Unconditioned response (UR)
A stimulus that elicits a reflexive response without learning
Conditioned stimulus (CS)
A once neutral stimulus that later elicits a conditional response because it has a history of being paired with an unconditioned stimulus
Conditioned response (CR)
A learned response that occurs to the conditioned stimulus
Extinction
Reduction of a conditioned response, when a conditioned stimulus and unconditioned stimulus no longer occur together
Spontaneous recovery
The reoccurrence of a previously extinguished conditioned response typically after some time has passed since extinction
Stimulus generalization
A process in which a response that originally occurred for a specific stimulus also occurs for a different though similar stimuli
Discrimination
Which occurs when an organism learns to respond to one original conditioned stimulus but not to new stimuli that may be similar to the original response
Conditioned emotional response
Consists of emotional and physiological responses that develop to a specific object or situation
Conditioned taste aversion
Acquired dislike or disgust for a food or drink because it was paired with illness
Preparedness
A biological predisposition to rapidly learn a response to a particular class of stimuli
Latent inhibition
Occurs when frequent experience with a stimulus before its paired with a US makes it less likely that conditioning will occur after a single episode of illness
Conditioned drug tolerance
Once you have had drugs once, more drugs need to be taken for the same effect
