Classical Conditioning
A type of associative learning, also referred to as Pavlovian, in which two or more stimuli are linked
what is classical conditioning
The tendency to respond to similar stimuli, or for responses learned in one situation occurring in other similar situations
What is generalization
If you get sad every August because that was the month that your guinea pig died, what is the unconditioned response?
What is sad at guinea pig dying.
If you learned to hate eating chicken because it was paired with a case of food poisoning, what would be the unconditioned response?
What is food poisoning or getting sick.
An unlearned, naturally occurring response
what is an UR
The reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished CR
what is spontaneous recovery
In the experiment where Pavlov trained his dog to salivate to a bell, what was the neutral stimulus?
what is the bell.
If you were conditioned to fear the doctor's office because it was paired with a painful needle injection, what would be the unconditioned stimulus?
what is the needle.
A stimulus that elicits no response before conditioning
What is a neutral stimulus (NS)
The diminishing of a CR when an US no longer follows a CS; or decreased responses without reinforcement
what is extinction
If you flinch every time you hear a bell ring because it is paired with an electric shock, what is the conditioned response?
what is a flinching at the bell.
A student is bullied by a classmate during eighth period English class every day. This has caused the student to feel anxious when they enter the English classroom. What is the neutral stimulus?
What is the english classroom.
An originally neutral stimulus that, after association with an US, comes to trigger a CR
what is a CS
Learning to distinguish between a CS and other stimuli that do not signal a US; or learning that some responses, but not others, will be reinforced
what is discrimination
If you learned to get hungry every time the garage door opened because your parents always come in and make dinner after, what is the conditioned response?
what is hungry because of the garage.
If you learned to hate a song because it was playing when you got broken up with, what is the conditioned stimulus?
what is the song.
Repeat behaviors that are rewarded in order to reinforce behavior refers to (Thorndike)
what is the law of effect
Researchers condition a flatworm to contract its body to a light by repeatedly pairing the light with electric shock. The stage in which the flatworm's contraction response to light is established and gradually strengthened is called
what is acquisition
If you learn to hate the sound of your phone alarm because it is paired with having to wake up early every morning, what is the conditioned response?
What is hating the alarm sound.
A real estate agent showed Gavin several pictures of lakeshore property while they were eating a delicious, mouth-watering meal. Later, when Gavin was given a tour of the property, he drooled with delight. For Gavin, the lakeshore property was a
what is a conditioned stimuli
Researchers condition a flatworm to contract its body to a light by repeatedly pairing the light with electric shock. The stage in which the flatworm's contraction response to light is established and gradually strengthened is called
What is acquisition.