classical conditioning Flashcards
(13 cards)
what is classical conditioning
learning through association
what is a stimulus
an object that produces a response (behaviour)
what is an unconditioned stimulus
the object that initially causes and UR
what is an unconditioned response
the automatic reflex (behaviour) that occurs due presented unconditioned stimulus
what is a neutral stimulus
a stimulus that elicits no response before conditioning
what is a conditioned stimulus
neutral stimulus becomes conditioned through conditioning and now causes a conditioned response
what is a conditioned response
a learned response to a conditioned stimulus
what is stimulus generalisation
A conditioned response formed to one conditioned stimulus will occur to other, similar stimuli
what is stimulus discrimination
when a person does not generalize what they have learned from a specific conditioned stimulus to other stimuli which are similar to the original conditioned stimulus (ex. If only scared of Bozo and not other clowns)
what is spontaneous recovery
when an old conditioned response comes back spontaneously
what is one trial learning
learning takes place in a single pairing of a response and stimulus
evaluate the usefulness of classical conditioning
-can be used in aversion therapy to treat things like addictions by forming a negative association with the unwanted behaviour so they’re less likely to repeat it
