Classical Conditioning Flashcards

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What is classical conditioning?

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learning process in which a previously neutral stimulus becomes associated with another stimulus through repeated pairing with that stimulus

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How did Pavlov study classical conditioning?

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  • studied digestion
  • Noticed that dogs salivated at mere sight of food dish and learned to associate dish with food
  • Presented food with neutral stimulus (bell)
  • Measured salivation in response to neutral stimulus (bell) presented alone
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What is the unconditioned response (UCR)?

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innate response to unconditioned stimulus

salivation

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What is the unconditioned stimulus (UCS)?

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stimulus that automatically elicits response without prior conditioning

food

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What is the conditioned response (CR)?

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learned response to a stimulus that did not originally evoke the response

salivation

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What is the conditioned stimulus (CS)?

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previously neutral stimulus that comes to elicit a conditioned response through association with an unconditioned stimulus

bell

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What is acquisition?

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stage of conditioning in which organism is learning the association between the 2 stimuli

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What is generalization?

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when a CR has been associated with a particular stimulus, similar stimuli will evoke the same response

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What is extinction?

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learning that the CS no longer predicts the US

- Learning of new CS-no US pair that inhibits CS-US association

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What is discrimination?

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learned tendency to respond to a restricted range of stimuli or only to stimulus learned during training

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What is spontaneous recovery?

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preservation of original CS-US association after extinction training

  • Original CR returns as time passes following extinction
  • Tends to be short-lived
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What is second-order (higher-order) conditioning?

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new neutral stimulus becomes associated with previously conditioned stimulus – becomes new CS
- Tends to be weaker than first-order conditioning

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