CLASSICAL CONDITIONING BY: IVAN PAVLOV Flashcards
Also known as respondent conditioning refers to a form of learning that occurs through the repeated association of 2 or more different stimuli.
Classical Conditioning
First to study classical conditioning :
Ivan Pavlov
What animal did Ivan Pavlov use in his experiment?
Dog
4 process of classical conditional
Unconditioned stimulus
Unconditioned response
Conditioned stimulus
Conditioned response
A stimulus that consistently produces a particular, naturally occuring, automatic response
Ex. Dog food
Unconditioned Stimulus
A response that occurs automatically when the unconditioned stimulus is presented.
Ex. Salivation
Unconditioned Response
• Neutral at the start of the conditioning
• Repeated association with the Unconditioned Stimulus
Ex. Bell + Dog food
Conditioned Stimulus
This response occurs when learned response is produced by the conditioned stimulus.
• Occurs after the CS has been associated with the UCS.
Ex. Salivation after hearing the Bell
Conditioned Response
Key Processes In Classical Conditioning
Acquisition
Extinction
Stimulus generalisation
Stimulus discrimination
Spontaneous recovery
The overall process during which the organism learns to associate 2 events
Ex. Bell + Dog food
Acquistion
The gradual decrease sin the strength or rate of a Conditioned Response that occurs when the Unconditioned Stimulus no longer presented.
Ex. Bell only (no salivation)
Extinction
The reappearance of CR when the CS is represented
Ex. The return of the Dog Food
Spontaneous Recovery
The tendency for another stimulus to produce a response that is similar to the CR. The greater the similarity between the stimuli, the greater the possibility that a generalisation will occur.
Ex. Can’t tell the difference of Bell, telephone ring, Alarm clock
Stimulus generalisation
This occurs when a person or animal responds to the CS only, but not to any other stimulus that us similar to CS.
Ex. Can difference the sound (Orig Bell)
Stimulus Discrimination
