Classical Conditioning

Question 1

What is classical conditioning?

Answer 1

• When we learn that two things happen together - we associate them with each other.

Question 2

What does it mean by ‘Before Learning’ ?

Answer 2

• The natural stimulus and response relationship.

Question 3

What does it mean by ‘During Learning’ ? - hint: Think Pavlov

Answer 3

• This is learning process where dogs where the dogs learn to associate the bell and food this process needed to be done 4 or 5 times before the association was made.

Question 4

What does it mean by ‘After Learning’ ?

Answer 4

• This is the new learnt behaviour.

Question 5

What is the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) ?

Answer 5

• The stimulus which automatically triggers a specific reflex response e.g. food

Question 6

What is the unconditioned response (UCR) ?

Answer 6

• the automatic reflex response to the unconditioned stimulus e.g. salivation

Question 7

What is the neutral stimulus (Ns) ?

Answer 7

• A stimulus which would not normally trigger a specific reflex response e.g. bell does not normally trigger salivation

Question 8

What is the conditioned stimulus (CS) ?

Answer 8

• The NS now triggers the reflex response e.g. the bell now triggers salivation

Question 9

What is the conditioned Response (CR) ?

Answer 9

• This is the learned response i.e. the reflex behaviour is triggered by the CS e.g. salivation in response to the Bell.

Question 10

What is extinction?

Answer 10

• the learned response appears to been extinguished.

Question 11

What is spontaneous recovery?

Answer 11

When the association between two things has not been extinguished?

Question 12

What is Generalisation?

Answer 12

• When the conditional response is triggered by a stimulus response.

Question 13

What is discrimination?

Answer 13

-e.g. when the buzzers are sounded which are more and more different from the original tone (the CS), the dog still no longer salivates.

Question 14

When does one-trial learning occur?

Answer 14

• Sometimes learning occurs when the unconditioned and the conditioned stimulus are paired together only once.