Learning

Learning

1. Key Terms

   • Learning
     • a relatively permanent change in behaviour due to experience
   • Classical Conditioning
     • a procedure during which an animal or person learns to associate a reflex response with a new stimulus
   • Classical Conditioning schedule
     • the steps in the procedure to condition a new response
   • Unconditioned stimulus (UCS)
     • the stimulus that produces a reflex response, such as the food for Pavlov's dog
   • Unconditioned Response (UCR)
     • the reflex response to an unconditioned stimulus, such as Pavlov's dog's salivation
   • Conditioned Stimulus
     • a new stimulus presented with the UCS, such as the bell in Pavlov's experiment
   • Conditioned Response