Week 7 - Learning: Classical Condtioning Flashcards
Organisms learn to discriminate between two stimuli when…
The stimuli are not consistently associated with the same UCS
Habituation is…
Simple sensory learning
Learning is defined as…
The associations formed between stimulus and response as a result of conditioning
In classical conditioning, unconditioned referees to ______ while conditioned refers to ______
Reflective; learned
One of the crucial factors to conditions is …
Temporal order of the CS and UCS
In conditioning, latent inhibition refers to the fact that
A familiar stimulus is less likely to produce a CR
Extinction in classical conditioning…
Results from the omission of the UCS
Regarding conditioning, prepared learning refers to
The biologically weird preparedness of an organism to leant some associations more easily than others
The loud noise of the washing machine may initially be very noticeable but becomes barely obvious after a short time. This is an example of?
Habituation
A young child is bitten by a dog and then us afraid of all small animals. This is an example of?
Stimulus generalisation
Ava extinguished her fear of spiders several months ago, but then she suddenly felt her heart pounding when she saw a small spider on her desk. This is an example of?
Spontaneous recovery
Long term potentiation (LTP) refers to the tendency of a group of neutrons to?
Remain at graded potential for longer periods in anticipation of further stimuli from other neurons
Aristotle proposed the law of ______, which proposes two events will be associated if they are experiences close together in time
Contiguity
