Unit 3 AOS2

Question 1

Learning

Answer 1

Learning, defined as a
relatively permanent change in
behaviour that occurs as a result of
experience.

Question 2

Classical Conditioning

Answer 2

Classical conditioning refers to a type of learning that occurs through the repeated
association of two (or more) different stimuli. Learning is only said to have occurred when a
particular stimulus consistently produces a response that it did not previously produce.

Question 3

What makes learning special?

Answer 3

Learning results from the involuntary
linking of this stimulus, over a number of
trials, with a stimulus that normally
produces the response automatically.

Question 4

What is neutral stimuli?

Answer 4

The neutral stimulus
(NS) is any stimulus that
does not normally produce
a predictable response. Eg; Ringing a bell