Classisal

Question 1

what is non associative learning

Answer 1

habituation

learning about an isolated event

Question 2

what is associative learning

Answer 2

learning about the predicitive relationship between two events ie this follows this

Question 3

describe pavlovs dogs

Answer 3

dog salivate to food (ucs = ucr)
dog salivate to food and sound of bell (ucs+ns= ucr)
dog salivate to sound of bell (cs = cr)

Question 4

what association is learnt in classical conditioning

Answer 4

the association between an otherwise neutral stimulus which does not produce a response, and a biologically important stimulus which produces an innate response

Question 5

describe the eyeblink in rabbits test

Answer 5

puff air into eye of rabbit as tone plays

when tone plays - rabbit blinks as expects puff of air

Question 6

describe fear conditioning in rats test

Answer 6

recieve shock when light is turned on

when light presented - heart rate increases

Question 7

describe autoshaping in pigeons

Answer 7

pair light with food stimulus
when light comes on, peck at it
pairing light with presentation of food so think it is food

Question 8

describe garcia et al 1960 taste aversion test in rats

Answer 8

1. rats given sacchrine flavoured water
pair with light and clicking noise
group 1 - shocked
group 2 - x rays
both avoid water via smell

2. sacchrine flaboured water offered either with light and click or without light and click
   group 1 - shocked - avoid when with light and click but drink when without light and click
   group 2 - x ray - avoid whether or not light and click is present

Question 9

what does garcia et al suggest about associative learning

Answer 9

associative learning is selective
x ray cause sickness which is internal and shock cause pain which is external
pair the external stimuli with external consequence but not internal stimuli

Question 10

describe ilene bernstein 1970

Answer 10

patients in chemotherapy have speicifc aversion to icecream when given before session
link food with the nausea and sicknes

Question 11

how is the amygdala important in classical conditioning

Answer 11

amygdala linked to fear respoinse
involved in the detection of suprising events and learning
coordinates with prefrontal cortex

Question 12

describe hare et al 2008 and the amygdalas role in classical conditioning

Answer 12

reaction time to fearful faces shorter than for happy and vise versa in prefrontal cortex
fear suggest threat so processed faster

Question 13

describe sehlmeyer et al 2011 in human fear conditioning

Answer 13

phobics show increased fear response to phobia related stimuli
exagerated responses make more susceptable to develop phobia
aquisition of phobia - response increase from baseline
extinction of phobia - response decrease below baseline

Question 14

describe phelps et al 2001 in human fear conditioning

Answer 14

expect shock with blue square not yellow
greater response to threat stimulus
increased blood o2 to amygdala
suggests involved in processing instructed fear

Question 15

what kinds of innate behaviours can be conditioned?

Answer 15

salivating
startled jump
blinking
sweating
food consumption or avoidance
fear