Classical conditioning

Question 1

What is classical conditioning?

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Answer 1

• Learning by association

Question 2

What is extinction?

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Answer 2

• When CS and UCS not been paired for a while, CS ceases to elicit the CR

Question 3

What is spontaneous recovery?

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Answer 3

• Extinct response activates again so that the CS elicits the CR again

Question 4

What is stimulus generalisation?

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• Individual who acquired a CR to 1 stimulus, responds to similar stimuli in the same way (similar appearance)

Question 5

What is an unconditioned stimulus (UCS)?

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• Stimulus that produces response w/out any learning

Question 6

What is an unconditioned response (UCR)?

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• Unlearned response to an UCS

Question 7

What is a neutral stimulus (NS)?

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• Stimulus that doesn’t produce target response

Question 8

What is a conditioned stimulus (CS)?

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• Stimulus only produces target response after being paired w UCS

Question 9

What is a conditioned response (CR)?

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• Response elicited by CS

Question 10

Evaluate classical conditioning

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Answer 10

Watson and Rayner. Brom et al. concluded human sexual responses can be explained by CC

Can’t account for complex chains of learned behaviour e.g. how we come to fear dogs but not maintenance of this fear over time or behaviours we learn to avoid encounters w them

Aversion therapy treat people w unwanted behaviour e.g. sexual arousal to photo of young child. Shock (UCS) is paired with child’s photo (NS). Shock produces UCR response of discomfort. The NS will become CS, produce sensation of discomfort