Classical Conditioning Flashcards
(28 cards)
Contingencies
Presentation of a stimulus reliably leads to the presentation of another stimulus
US
Automatically triggers a response in the absence of learning
UR
Specific response that a US triggers
CS
Previously neutral stimuli that becomes associated with a US to trigger a response of its own
CR
Response once contingency between US and CS is learned
Acquisition
Process where a contingency between a CS and US is learned
Extinction
Loss of the CR when the CS no longer predicts the US
Spontaneous recovery
Sudden recovery of a conditioned response following a rest period of extinction
Stimulus generalization
Stimuli similar to CS will also elicit a conditioned response
Stimulus discrimination
Restricts the range of CS that can elicit a response
CS+
predicts presence of US
CS-
Predicts absence of US
Implosive therapy
Person with phobia is encouraged to directly confront the CS that envokes anxiety
Systematic desensitization
Uses a more gradual exposure to the feared stimulus
Compensatory response
Process that counteracts and challenge to homeostasis
Habituation
Decrease in behavioural responding to a repeated stimulus (clothes you wear)
Sensitization
Increase in behaviour responding to repeating stimulus (ex horror movies )
Associative learning
How two or more pieces of info are related
Non associative learning
relatively permanent change in the strength of response to a single stimulus due to repeated exposure to the stimulus
Test trials
present the CS by itself to see if conditioning has taken place
Contiguity
extent to which two stimuli occur together in time and space
Inhibitory conditioning
learning that certain cues indicate the absence of biologically important event
Renewal
when a response is extinguished in a certain environment the CR can be observed if put back into the environment where acquisition originally took place
Excitatory conditioning
CS signals the presence of the US
