Module 6.1 - Classical Conditioning Flashcards
learning
a process by which behaviour or knowledge changes as a result of expreience
what are the 2 types of learning?
cognitive and associative
ivan pavlov
physiologist who won a Nobel Prize for his research on digestion
psychological reflex
the sight of food producing salivation
what response did pavlov call psychic secretion?
the dogs sight of food produced salivation
classical conditioning
learning that occurs when a neutral stimulus elicits a response that was originally caused by another stimulus
another name for classical conditioning?
pavlovian conditioning
what are the 5 element of classical conditioning?
1) unconditioned stimulus (US)
2) unconditioned response (UR)
3) Neutral Stimulus
4) Conditioned stimulus (CS)
5) Conditioned Response (CR)
unconditioned stimulus
a stimulus that elicits a reflexive response without learning
unconditioned response
a reflexive, unlearned reaction to an unconditioned stimulus
give 3 examples of unconditioned responses
salivation, flinching, blinking
neutral stimulus
a stimulus that does not normally elicit a reflexive response
conditioned stimulus
a once neutral stimulus that later elicits a response because it has a history of being paired with an unconditioned stimulus
conditioned response
the learned response that occurs to the conditioned stimulus
the conditioned stimulus must elicit a conditioned response in the absence of the __________ (e.g., food) for the conditioning to have occurred
unconditioned stimulus
true or false: during conditioning, weak synapses fire at the same time as related strong synapses
true
what does the simultaneous activity of the weak and strong synapses do?
strengthens the connections in the weaker synapse
what is the US, UR, NS, CS, and CR for: The TV commercial for mega burger shows a big delicious cheeseburger. a 50’s rock and roll song is played during the commercial. you see the commercial several times, and now when the song is playing on the radio, you get hungry
unconditioned stimulus: cheeseburger
unconditioned response: hunger
neutral stimulus: song
conditioned stimulus: song
conditioned response: hunger
what is the initial phase of learning in which a response is established (e.g., salivating in response to a tone)
Acquisition
conditioned ______ helps predict that the unconditioned stimulus will appear
conditioned stimulus
what will be acquired more quickly when the conditioned stimulus precedes the unconditioned stimulus
the conditioned response