More on Classical Learning 4.2.2

Question 1

What is acquisition?

Answer 1

First phase of conditioning when a response is learned

acquisition = asset, investment

NS - CS

Question 2

What is extinction?

Answer 2

When a previously conditioned response (salivation at the sound of the bell) decreases over time and eventually stops, when a behavior is no longer reinforced

Question 3

What is high-order conditioning (second-order conditioning)?

Answer 3

Occurs when a neutral stimulus acquires the ability to elicit a response when paired with a conditioned stimulus

Question 4

What is spontaneous recovery?

Answer 4

Occurs when an extinguished (less) response reappears after a brief pause
-reappearance
-response is weaker (may linger before extinction occurs)
-alone may help
ex. fear not as strong as it was before

Question 5

What is stimulus discrimination?

Answer 5

A stimulus that produces a response because it was associated with a reinforcement (as opposed to a stimulus that does not elicit a reinforcement)

Question 6

What is stimulus generalization?

Answer 6

Once a response has been conditioned, stimuli that are similar will produce a similar response