Lesson 7-Classical Conditioning Flashcards
What is Classical Extinction?
Getting rid of a response that has been classically conditioned.
Which sequence are you trying to get rid of in classical extinction?
CS-CR sequence
How do you extinguish a CS-CR sequence?
Repeatedly present the CS without the US.
How could classical extinction have worked with Albert B.?
Repeatedly present the white rat without the loud noise.
This is similar to what type of psychotherapy treatment for phobias that is based on classical conditioning?
Flooding
What is Spontaneous Recovery?
A brief recovery of a behavior that had been extinguished in a classical extinction trial.
What happens after the initial brief spontaneous recovery?
The CR response quickly dwindles.
What is stimulus discrimination in classical conditioning?
Being able to detect differences between similar stimuli.
Stimulus generalization always applies to …
the NS/CS.
As an example of stimulus discrimination with Pavlov’s dogs, if a 500 Hz tone has been paired with the meat powder but a 100 Hz tone has been presented without paring …
the animal has the capacity to discriminate between and thus be conditioned to the 500 Hz but not the 100 Hz tone.
In stimulus discrimination, if you make the discrimination too difficult (by making the stimuli too similar) you end up with a condition called …
experimental neurosis.
An example of an experiment causing experimental neurosis may be …
attempting to pair with with 500 Hz tone but not 475 Hz.
What is Pseudoconditioning?
When an unintended conditioned response is learned (that the scientist did not attempt to pair).
What is an example of pseudo conditioning?
The dogs learning to salivate to being brought into the room or the the white lab coat of the scientist.
What is habituation?
Elimination or weakening of UR by repeated exposure to the US.
