Lesson 7: Pavlovian Conditioning

Question 1

unconditioned stimulus (US)

Answer 1

the food

Question 2

unconditioned response (UR)

Answer 2

salivating

Question 3

neutral stimulus

Answer 3

the sound of the tuning fork

Question 4

conditioned stimulus (CS)

Answer 4

the sound of the tuning fork after being associated with food then getting rid if the food and just doing the tuning fork

Question 5

conditioned response (CR)

Answer 5

the salivating as a response to the sound of the tuning fork and not food

Question 6

Little Albert

Answer 6

Watson and Rayner

had a white rat (US) hang out with Albert. He’s fine (UR). Introduce white rat and at the same time make a loud noise behind Albert. Albert cries. Show Albert the rat (CS) with no noise and Albert freaks out (CR).

Question 7

CS-

Answer 7

conditioned stimulus that makes you think a painful or negative thing will happen

Question 8

CS+

Answer 8

conditioned stimulus that makes you think a positive thing will happen

Question 9

Generalized gradient

Answer 9

e.g. Little Albert scared of rats, but also scared of anything furry and white.

Question 10

Aversive Counter-Conditioning

Answer 10

instead of making a CS positive, you make it negative.

e.g. antabuse for alcoholic

CS+ turns into CS-

Question 11

Taste aversion conditioning

Answer 11

eat too much of a favorite food or get sick after eating a food, even the sight/smell of the food makes you nauseous even though it wasn’t the source of the illness.

CS+ turns into CS-

Question 12

Extinction

Answer 12

the CS will no longer create the CR if it isn’t enforced