Unit 3.2.1 Classical Conditoning

Question 1

Learning

Answer 1

• Process
• Acquiring knowledge/skills
• Resulting from experience

Question 2

Conditioning

Answer 2

• Learning process
• The behaviour of an organism becomes dependent on an event
• Occurring in its enviro

Question 3

Behaviourist approach

Answer 3

• An approach to learning
• States that behaviours are learned through interactions with the enviro

Question 4

Classical conditioning

Answer 4

• Simple form of learning
• Occurs through repeated associations between stimuli
• To produce a conditioned response
• Passive/unconscious
• Only occurs when response is biological

Question 5

Three phase process of classical conditioning

Answer 5

1. Before conditioning
2. During conditioning (acquisition)
3. After conditioning

Question 6

Before conditioning

Answer 6

• First stage of classical conditioning
• At this stage no learning has occurred
• NS produces no response
• UCS produces UCR

Question 7

During conditioning (acquisition)

Answer 7

• The phase in which the two stimuli are associated or paired
• NS is presented with the UCS to develop an association between the two
• NS immediately + repeatedly followed by UCS = UCR

Question 8

Acquisition

Answer 8

• Process
• During which an organism learns to associate two events
• NS and UCS

Question 9

After conditioning

Answer 9

• Final stage of classical conditioning
• The NS becomes the CS
• CS produces CR

Question 10

Five key elements in classical conditioning

Answer 10

• NS
• UCS
• UCR
• CS
• CR

Question 11

Neutral stimulus (NS)

Answer 11

• A stimulus (prior to conditioning)
• That doesn’t produce a response

Question 12

Unconditioned stimulus (UCS)

Answer 12

• A stimulus
• Consistently produces a naturally occurring, automatic response

Question 13

Unconditioned response (UCR)

Answer 13

• A response
• Occurs automatically/involuntarily when UCS is presented

Question 14

Conditioned stimulus (CS)

Answer 14

• A stimulus
• Previously neutral
• But now, as a result of repeated associations with the UCS
• Produces a conditioned response
• Was NS before conditioning

Question 15

Conditioned response (CR)

Answer 15

• A learned behaviour
• Similar to the UCR
• Now triggered by the CS
• As a result of conditioning
• Was UCR before conditioning