Classical Conditioning Flashcards
(16 cards)
What is cognition?
Cognition is all of the processes of the mind
What is the Perceptual-Cognitive Cycle?
Demonstrates that our experiences are shaped by our perceptual present and our cognitive past.
What does a cogniser do?
They mentally represent an environment to obtain an object from a location that is not immediately visible
What is behaviourism?
The study of how people learn through their interaction with the environment
Provide a definition for learning
The process where organisms make meaning from experiences to produce long lasting changes in their behaviour and knowledge
What is sensitisation?
The state of heightened attention that comes after sudden and surprising events
What is Habituation?
The diminishing of attention once a stimulus persists
What is a biologically significant stimulus?
Stimuli that cause a reflex response essentially. The response is completely natural and not learned.
What type of learning is conditioning?
Associative
Describe the process of classical conditioning
Learning a relation by presenting a biologically significant stimulus and a neutral stimulus at the same time so that the neutral stimulus can elicit the natural response on its own.
Stimulus generalisation
When a new stimulus can create the conditioned response. For example in Pavlov’s case, he could use a squeaky toy instead of a bell.
What is stimulus discrimination?
Only producing the response when one stimulus is presented.
What is extinction?
Stopping the response from being produced when the conditioned stimulus is presented. Will happen if you do not present the unconditioned stimulus.
Spontaneous recovery
Presenting the unconditioned stimulus again after behaviour was extinguished and the conditioned response occurs.
What is rapid re-aquisation
Relearning the connection again, tends to happen much faster the second time around.
Tell me about Watson and Rayner’s (1920) Little Albert Study
Found that Little Albert would jump when hearing a metal bar. Would then be presented a rat and then hear the loud sound. Became scared of the white rat and also other things that looked like a white rat- stimulus generalisation.
