Pavlovian conditioning

Question 1

what are US, UR, CS, CR

Answer 1

Unconditioned stimulus
Unconditioned response
Conditioned stimulus
Conditioned response

Question 2

What is involved in a pavlovian extinction procedure?

Answer 2

When operant behavior that has been previously reinforced no longer produces reinforcing consequences the behavior gradually stops occurring.

Question 3

what was the main finding in the Kamin Blocking theory, and what theory did this challenge?

Answer 3

the conditioning of an association between two stimuli, a conditioned stimulus (CS) and an unconditioned stimulus (US) is impaired if, during the conditioning process, the CS is presented together with a second CS that has already been associated with the unconditioned stimulus.

Question 4

What is Rascorla wagner theory?

Answer 4

Surprise=learning

Question 5

Why is spontaneous recovery incompatible with Rascorla Wagner?

Answer 5

Spontaneous recovery should not happen because after extinction the associative strength of the CS should be zero.