classical conditioning

Question 1

classical conditioning

Answer 1

Refers to a type of learning that occurs through the repeated association of two or more different stimuli. It involves involuntary or automatic responses

Question 2

Neutral stimulus

Answer 2

The stimulus that originally does not produce any response, but after conditioning becomes the CS

Question 3

Unconditioned stimulus

Answer 3

Any stimulus that consistently produces a particular, naturally occurring, automatic reflex response.

Question 4

Unconditioned response

Answer 4

The response which occurs automatically when the UCS is presented.

Question 5

Conditioned stimulus

Answer 5

The stimulus that is neutral at the start of the conditioning process and does not normally produce the UCR.

Question 6

Conditioned response

Answer 6

The learned response which is produced by the CS

Question 7

Acquisition

Answer 7

Acquisition is the overall process where the organism learns to associate the CS + UCS.
Timing is essential, the CS should be presented about half a second before the UCS. This
phase ends when the CS alone produces the CR

Question 8

Stimulus Generalisation

Answer 8

Stimulus generalisation is the tendency for another stimulus
similar to the original CS to produce a response that is
similar, but not necessarily identical, to the CR.

Question 9

Extinction

Answer 9

Extinction is the gradual decrease in the strength or rate
of a CR that occurs when the UCS is no longer presented.
Extinction is said to have occurred when a CR no longer
occurs following presentation of the CS.

Question 10

Spontaneous Recovery

Answer 10

Spontaneous recovery is the reappearance of the CR when the CS is presented, following a
rest period after the CR appears to have been extinguished. Doesn’t always occur. Short.

Question 11

terminology

Answer 11

Before Conditioning: NS leads to No response
UCS leads to UCR

During Conditioning: NS + UCS leads to UCR

After Conditioning: CS leads to CR