Pavlovian Conditioning Mechanisms

Question 1

what determines a good or bad CS or UCS

Answer 1

depends a lot,

Question 2

describe a latent inhibition

Answer 2

familiar CS paired with UCS gives weak CR

Question 3

what is latent inhibition or CS-pre-exposure effect

Answer 3

novelty of the stimulus is an imp factor for conditioning

Question 4

T or F. latent inhibition is a filtering mechanism that screens irrelevant stimuli

Answer 4

T

Question 5

what is the latent inhibition expeirment

Answer 5

pre-expose 1 gr to CS alone (habituation)
pair CS and UCS for both groups
p-e gr takes longer to learn

Question 6

how does latent inhibition apply to schizophrenia

Answer 6

inability to suppress attention to irrelevant stimuli (never learn that a noise is insignifant)

Question 7

what is the US-pre-exposure effect experiment

Answer 7

present 1 reward alone often
pair CS with reward 1 and CS2 with reward 2
conditioning is easier for novel reward (less frequent)

Question 8

T or F. more vigorous conditioned responding occurs when less intense conditioned and unconditioned stimuli are used

Answer 8

F, more intense

Question 9

stimulus intensity is one form of _____ ______

Answer 9

stimulus salience

Question 10

T or F. Learning will occur more rapidly with more salient stimuli

Answer 10

T

Question 11

how can salience be icnreased

Answer 11

increasing the intensity of the stimulus or its biological relevance

Question 12

what is 2nd order or higher order conditioning

Answer 12

CS1 paired with UCS–> CR
CS2 paired with CS1
CS1–>CR

Question 13

what is the basis of irrational fears

Answer 13

fear CS can be associated with neutral CS and make it produce more fear

Question 14

what technique do they use in advertising to promote their products

Answer 14

cues with strong emotional value

Question 15

what is sensory pre-codnitioning

Answer 15

CS1 associated with CS2
CS1–>CR
CS2–>CR

Question 16

T or F. conditioned response to a CS is often determined by the CS alone

Answer 16

F. by the nature of the UCS and CS

Question 17

what is an example of how the nature or the UCS determines the CR

Answer 17

stimulus substitution model. pigeons make eating pecks at light that predicts food and drinking pecks if predicts water

Question 18

what is an example of how the nature of the CS determines the nature of the CR

Answer 18

rat pecks at CS if predicts food, but not if the CS is a rat (social sniffing)

Question 19

what are the names of the 2 theories of how classical conditioning happen

Answer 19

stimulus-response learning (S-R)
stimulus-stimulus learning (S-S)

Question 20

what is the stimulus-response learning

Answer 20

establish a new connection btw the CS and the CR (S-R)

Question 21

what is the stimulus-stimulus learning

Answer 21

new connection btw the CS and the UCS (S-S)

Question 22

what is the US devaluation technique and an example

Answer 22

reducing the value of the reward after learning
Light=choc=salivation
eat way too much chocolate
Light=choc=eww=no salivation

Question 23

what is the conclusion of the US devaluation experiment

Answer 23

stimulus-stimulus learning(associate light to chocolate, which makes u salivate, not associating light to salivation directly)

Question 24

T or F. conditioning can result in a changed response to the UCS

Answer 24

T

Question 25

what is conditioned analgesia

Answer 25

reduction in pain to the painful UCS because you know its coming

Question 26

how does conditioned analgesia work

Answer 26

conditioned release of endorgenous opioids

Question 27

what is conditioned tolerance

Answer 27

drug cues can result in opposing effect (b process)

Question 28

what does conditioned tolerance imply with drugs

Answer 28

taking drugs in absence of cues: overdose
seeing cues and not taking drugs: withdraw