5A - Classical Conditioning

Question 1

Stimulus

Answer 1

anything that precedes an action

Question 2

Response

Answer 2

the reaction to the stimulus

Question 3

Neutral Stimulus (NS)

Answer 3

Any stimulus that does not cause any relevant response before conditioning

Question 4

Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)

Answer 4

is any stimulus BEFORE conditioning, which produces a naturally occurring response (automatic/reflexive)

Question 5

Unconditioned Response (UCR)

Answer 5

a naturally (reflexic/automatic) response BEFORE conditioning

Question 6

Conditioned Stimulus (CS)

Answer 6

any stimulus which causes a learned response AFTER association

Question 7

Conditioned Response (CR)

Answer 7

A learned response to a CS AFTER association

Question 8

Before Conditioning

Answer 8

NS → No relevant response
UCS → UCR

Question 9

During Conditioning

Answer 9

NS
+ → UCR
UCS

• Two stimuli are associated or paired
• NS presented first, immediately followed by the UCS (0.5 s)
• This step is repeated multiple times
• This is known as acquisition

Question 10

After Conditioning

Answer 10

CS → CR

The NS becomes the CS, through the repeated association of the previous stage (during conditioning)