LS2 - Classical Conditioning

Question 1

The Behaviourist Approach

Answer 1

Suggests all behaviour is learnt rather than being innate/inherited. it can be learnt through classical conditioning - learning through association.

Question 2

Classical Conditioning

Answer 2

A stimulus will produce the same response as another stimulus because they’ve consistently been presented at the same time.

Question 3

Pavlov

Answer 3

Discovered classical conditioning

Question 4

Pavlov Procedure

Answer 4

Investigated the salivating reflex in dogs and found dogs didn’t only salivate when there was food but also when they see the bowl or person that feeds them, he wanted to see if he could teach the dog to salivate when he rang a bell.

Question 5

Pavlov Before Conditioning

Answer 5

Food was an unconditioned stimulus which made the dog salivate - the unconditioned response. The neutral stimulus was the bell which has no response.

Question 6

During Conditioning

Answer 6

The UC was repeatedly paired with the neutral stimulus until the food and bell were associated.

Question 7

After Conditioning

Answer 7

The bell was a conditioned stimulus that produced salivating in the dogs as a conditioned response.