learning: classical conditioning

Question 1

classical conditioning

Answer 1

learning through association
- a persons old response becomes attached to a new stimulus

Question 2

stimulus

Answer 2

Something that exists in the surroundings or that is presented

Question 3

response

Answer 3

How the animal or person responds to the stimulus

Question 4

neutral stimulus (NS)

Answer 4

stimulus that doesnt cause response

Question 5

unconditioned stimulus

Answer 5

causes auto response

Question 6

conditioned stimulus

Answer 6

learned stimulus

Question 7

conditioned response

Answer 7

learned response to a neutral stimulus

Question 8

acquisition

Answer 8

the CS and US are repeatedly paired together and behavior increases.
- increases likelihood of CR. when CR is learned

Question 9

extinction

Answer 9

when CR stops because CS hasn’t been presented with US

Question 10

spontaneous recovery

Answer 10

when CS produces CR after behavior has been extinct

Question 11

ivan pavlov’s dog salvation experiment

Answer 11

studied how much dogs salivated during digestion
- dogs started salivating at the sight of food
- varied stimuli before feeding. they drooled to a bell

Question 12

john b watson’s little albert experiment

Answer 12

studied classical conditioning in humans
- how fear can be learned