Classical Conditioning

Question 1

conditioned aversion

Answer 1

learning that occurs when negative associative memories cause something to subsequently be experienced as unpleasant

Question 2

Watson and Raynor’s study 1920

Answer 2

Little Albert
Paired loud noise with rat
Albert generalized fear to other fuzzy objects

Question 3

classical conditioning

Answer 3

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

Question 4

How did Pavlov study classical conditioning?

Answer 4

studied digestion
Noticed that dogs salivated at mere sight of food dish - learned to associate dish with food
Could dog be taught to associate food with other things?
Presented food with neutral stimulus (bell)
Measured salivation in response to neutral stimulus (bell) presented alone

Question 5

unconditioned response

Answer 5

innate response to unconditioned stimulus

Question 6

unconditioned stimulus

Answer 6

stimulus that automatically elicits response without prior conditioning

Question 7

conditioned response

Answer 7

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

Question 8

conditioned stimulus

Answer 8

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