Principles of Classical Conditioning 4.2.1

Question 1

What is classical conditioning?

Answer 1

Type of learning that involves creating an association between a naturally existing stimulus and a previously neutral one

ex.

Question 2

What is a conditioned response (CR)?

Answer 2

The automatic, learned response to the previously neutral stimulus

Question 3

What is a conditioned stimulus (CS)?

Answer 3

The previously neutral stimulus that has acquired the ability to trigger a reaction because it was associated with the unconditioned stimulus

Question 4

What is the contingency model of conditioning?

Answer 4

Showed that not all stimulus-response pairings result in conditioning

Question 5

What is the Garcia Effect?

Answer 5

An aversion or distaste for a particular taste or smell that is associated with a negative reaction, named after American Psychologist Dr. John Garcia

Question 6

What is a neutral stimulus (NS)?

Answer 6

A stimulus that initially does not evoke a response until it is paired with the unconditioned stimulus

(does not have purpose until after it is used)

Question 7

What is respondent conditioning?

Answer 7

Learning of a new response when two stimuli are paired together

Question 8

What is a unconditioned response (UCR)?

Answer 8

An unlearned response that occurs automatically when the unconditioned stimulus is presented

Question 9

What is a unconditioned stimulus (UCS)?

Answer 9

A naturally occurring stimulus that triggers a specific response