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Classical Conditioning
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- 1Classical conditioningClassical conditioning refers to learning by association, and involves the conditioning of innate bodily reflexes with new stimui.
- 2StimulusAny feature of the environment that affects behaviour. e.g. in Pavlov's dog food was the stimulus.
- 3ResponseThe behaviour elicited by the stimulus. E.g. in Pavlov’s experiments salivation was a response.
- 4Unconditioned stimulus (UCS)A feature of the environment that causes a natural reflex action. E.g. a puff of air blown into the eye causes an involuntary blink.
- 5Conditioned stimulus (CS)A feature of the environment that has an effect through its association with a U.C.S. E.g. Pavlov’s dog learned to salivate at the sound of a bell.
- 6Conditioned Response (CR)The behaviour elicited by the C.S. E.g. Salivation when the bell rings.
- 7ExtinctionThe dying out of a conditioned response by breaking the association between the C.S. and the U.C.S.
E.g. When the bell was repeatedly rang and no food presented Pavlov’s dog gradually stopped salivating at the sound of the bell. - 8spontaneous recoveryThe return of a conditioned response (in a weaker form) after a period of time.
E.g. When Pavlov waited for a few days and then rang the bell once more the dog salivated again. - 9GeneralisationWhen a stimulus similar to the C.S. also elicits a response. E.g. Initially Pavlov’s dog salivated at the sound of any bell – not just the food bell.
- 10DiscriminationThe opposite of generalisation i.e. the ability of the subject to tell the difference between two similar stimuli.
E.g. Eventually Pavlov’s dog learns the difference between the sound of the 2 bells and no longer salivates at the sound of the non-food bell.
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- Undergraduate Psychology Flashcards on Classical Conditioning, created by Demi Barnard on 19/03/2017.
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