AP Psy: Classical Conditioning

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Classical Conditioning

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A type of learning linking 2 or more stimilui

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Behaviorism

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View that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes

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Neutral Stimuli (NS)

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A stimulus that triggers no response before conditioning

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Unconditioned Response (UCR)

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An unlearned, naturally occurring response to an unconditioned stimulus

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Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)

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A stimulus that unconditionally, naturally, & automatically triggers an unconditioned response

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Conditioned Response (CR)

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A learned response to a previously neutral (now conditioned) stimulus

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Conditioned Stimulus (CS)

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An original neutrally stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus comes to trigger a conditioned response

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Acquisition

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The initial stage-when one links a neutral stimulus & an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus begins triggering the CR

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Higher-order conditioning

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A procedure in which the CS is 1 conditioning experience is paired with a new neutral stimulus, creating a second (often weaker) CS.

• Ex. an animal that has learned that a tone predicts food might then learn that a light predicts the tone & begin responding to the light alone.

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Extinction

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The diminishing of a CR when an UCS does not follow CS

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Spontaneous Recovery

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The reappearance, after a pause, of a weakened CR

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Generalization

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The tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the CS to elect similar responses.

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Discrimination

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The learned ability to distinguish between a CS & other stimuli that have not been associated with a CS

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Preparedness

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A biological predisposition to learn associations, such as between taste & nausea, that have survival value.

• Ex. If you get sick from a food you might not want to ever eat that food again