5A - Classical Conditioning

Question 1

what is classical conditioning?

Answer 1

a three phase process that involved developing an association with a stimulus (or stimuli) that results in a learned response

Question 2

what is a stimulus?

Answer 2

anything that precedes an action
eg. the food

Question 3

what is a response?

Answer 3

a reaction to the stimulus
eg. wagging and jumping

Question 4

what are the 3 steps in the 3 phase process of classical conditioning

Answer 4

Before, During and After Conditioning

Question 5

neutral stimulus (NS)

Answer 5

any stimulus that does not cause any relevent response before conditioning

Question 6

unconditioned stimulus (UCS)

Answer 6

any stimulus BEFORE learning, which causes a naturally occuring response

Question 7

Uncondtioned response (UCR)

Answer 7

a naturally occuring response BEFORE conditioning

Question 8

what are the 2 steps of ‘before conditioning’

Answer 8

NS -> no response
UCS -> UCR

Question 9

what happens during conditioning (3)

Answer 9

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

Question 10

what is the 1 step during conditioning?

Answer 10

NS + UCS = UCR

Question 11

what happens after conditioning?

Answer 11

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

Question 12

conditioned stimulus (CS)

Answer 12

any stimulus which causes a learned response AFTER association

Question 13

conditioned response (CR)

Answer 13

a learned response to a CS AFTER association

Question 14

what is the 1 step after conditioning ?

Answer 14

CS -> CR