Learning unit Flashcards
Acquisition
Conditioning has happened and is successful
When one links a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus so the Neutral Stimulus triggers a response
Higher-Order Conditioning or Second Order Conditioning
A new conditioned stimulus is created from PAIRING the conditioned stimulus with another neutral stimulus
ex: fear of doctors extends to seeing white lab coats, you also see them at Walgreens and now walking to Walgreens gives you a fear like the original conditioned stimulus
Extinction
Connection of Conditioned stimulus and the Condition Response goes away as you no longer get the reward and then it does not work anymore
ex: keep saying Zany with no reward so response goes away
Spontaneous Recovery
The reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response
classical conditioning comes back
Generalization
The tendency to react/response to a stimuli similar to the Conditioned Stimulus
ex: only used white rat for experiment on Little Albert but he became scared of other fuzzy animals as well
Discrimination
Ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and another sound, so you do not have a response to it
ex: only Zany makes you salivate but other Z words don’t
Neutral Stimulus
Something that does NOT normally cause a physical reaction
ex: bell or Zany
Unconditioned Stimulus
Something that causes a normal physical reaction
ex: seeing food
Unconditioned Response
Normal response to the stimulus
ex: drool/salivation
Conditioned Stimulus
The Neutral Stimulus that now causes a reaction
ex: bell or Zany
Conditioned Response
Reaction to the new stimulus that causes drool/stimulus
Reconditioning
after conditioning becomes extinct, it is easy to come back
Savings
your brain retains the memory of classical conditioning and so it happens faster and easier the 2nd time around
Blocking
When you have already been conditioned, trying to do the same conditioned with a new conditioned stimulus can be more difficult
ex: conditioning a dog to droll at the sound of a bell, if you try using a whistle it may be hard to do bc they are already conditioned to the bell
Contiguity
the number of times is what makes classical conditioning work
