W3: Classical Conditioning

Question 1

Classical conditioning

Answer 1

• Animals come to respond to a previously neutral stimulus that has been paired with another stimulus (the CS) that elicits a reflexive, automatic response
• After repeated pairing with the UCS, which elicits an automatic, reflexive response (UCR) from the organism the CS comes to elicit a conditioned response (CR)

Question 2

Unconditioned stimulus (UCS)

Answer 2

stimulus that elicits an automatic response

Question 3

Unconditioned response (UCR)

Answer 3

automated response to non-neutral stimulus that does not need to be learned

Question 4

Conditioned Response (CR)

Answer 4

response previously associated with a non-neutral stimulus that is elicited by a neutral stimulus through conditioning

Question 5

Conditioned Stimulus (CS)

Answer 5

Initially neutral stimulus

Question 6

Major principle of classical conditioning

Answer 6

Acquisition

Extinction

Spontaneous recovery

Renewal effect

Stimulus generalisation

Stimulus discrimination

Question 7

Classical conditioning in daily life

Answer 7

Advertising - pairing products with celebrities to form connections

Question 8

Higher - order conditioning

Answer 8

When organisms develop classically conditioned responses to CSs associated with the original CS

e.g. conditioned do to salivate (CR) to a tone (CS), pair the tone with a circle, dog will eventually salivate to both circle and tone