CLASSICAL CONDITIONING I Flashcards
Whose tradition is classical conditioning based on?
Work by Ivan P.Pavlov
What is classical conditioning?
Through classical conditioning, animals learn to anticipate events by forming associative links between stimuli in their world
What happened in pavlovs classical conditioning study?
- trained dogs that sound of a bell signalled food delivery
- prior to learning, bell is neutral stimulus that only provokes an orienting response - look at response
Dogs salivate at sound of bell
Repeated pairing creates associative link to form
Whats unconditioned stimulus?
A biologically revelant stimulus that will elicit a response without any learning like food
Whats unconditioned response?
An innate response to a stimulus elicited without any learning like salivation
What does it mean when it’s unconditional?
That it will occur without any learning trials
Explain conditioned stimulus?
A previously neutral stimulus that comes to elicit a conditioned response after being paired with something biological significant like tone
Explain conditioned response?
The response that is elicited by conditional stimulus after conditioning has taken place
What does the response conditional mean?
Sense that it depends on learning trials
What happens in excitatory learning?
The classical stimulus signals the unconditioned stimulus will be present
- appetitive procedures are also performed with rats in a conditioning chamber
What happens in excitatory conditioning?
A light is turned on and food is delivered to the well
Can measure approach behaviour as index of learning
How often does the rat nose-poke the food well
What happens at the given trails of the excitatory learning?
Responding will be low when the the conditioning stimulus is first ruined on, but increase as the rat anticipates the delivery of food
- when the food is delivered the rat nose-pokes frequently (eating)
Overtraining trials, learning the light food association process
The number of nose pokes during the conditioning stimulus increases
What can excitatory learning also be performed with?
With aversive procedures
What happens in taste aversion learning?
Rodents are allowed to freely drink In a flavoured solution
