4.2 Classical Conditioning

4.2 Classical Conditioning

1. Pavlov: dog salivating

2. Watson: baby and bunny

3. UCS: stimulus that naturally causes an organism to responds in a specific way

   • UCR: response that takes place in an organism whenever an unconditioned stimulus occurs
     • NS: stimulus that does NOT naturally cause a response in the organism
       • CS: An originally neutral stimulus that is paired with an unconditioned stimulus and eventually produces the desired response in an organism when presented alone.
         • CR: After conditioning, the response an organism produces when only a conditioned stimulus is presented.

4. Other terms

   • Extinction
   • Stimulus Generalization
   • Stimulus Discrimination
   • Spontaneous Recovery
   • Taste Aversion