wk 4

Question 1

Habituation

Answer 1

Decline in tendency to respond to stimuli once it
becomes familiar

Question 2

2 factors affecting the likelihood of learned associations (in cognitive classical conditioning)

Answer 2

Contiguity= Timing of the CONDITIONED stimulus (footsteps)before the UNconditioned stimulus (taser) (must be slightly before) in order to learn association.

Contingency- How likely the unconditioned stimulus is to follow the conditioned stimulus

Question 3

who highlighted evidence of instances where classical and operant conditioning learning is not possible using a maze
(Latent learning)

Answer 3

Edward Tolman

Question 4

2nd Order Conditioning

Answer 4

For example, an animal might first learn to associate a bell with food (first-order conditioning), but then learn to associate a light with the bell (second-order conditioning).