CLASSICAL CONDITIONING

CLASSICAL CONDITIONING

1. Keywords:

   • Stimulus: an event which causes a response
     • Response: An action made because a stimulus is detected
       • Conditioned: Learnt

2. Step one

   • Sounds a bell (neutral stimulus) ... causes no response from dog
   • Show the dog food (unconditioned stimulus) ... dog drools (unconditioned response)

3. Step two

   • Shows dog food and sounds bell ... dog drools

4. Step three

   • Dog associates food and bell

5. Step four

   • Dog sees food (conditioned stimulus) and drools (conditioned response)