learning: 3.7, classical conditioning

Question 1

learning

Answer 1

process of acquiring new and relatively enduring behaviors

• relatively permanent due to experience

Question 2

conditioning

Answer 2

learning by association

Question 3

associative learning

Answer 3

associating / pairing two things together

Question 4

classical conditioning

Answer 4

involuntary behaviour due to association between stimuli

Question 5

neutral stimulus

Answer 5

doesnt cause response

Question 6

unconditioned stimulus

Answer 6

causes auto response

Question 7

unconditioned response

Answer 7

auto response to stimulus

Question 8

conditioned stimulus

Answer 8

learned stimulus (previously NS)

Question 9

conditioned response

Answer 9

learned response to a neutral stimulus

Question 10

acquisition

Answer 10

the moment the new behavioural response is learned

• initial stage in classical conditioning where an association between a NS and US takes place

Question 11

extinction

Answer 11

diminished response resulting from a lack of association between US and CS

Question 12

stimulus

Answer 12

any event / situation that evokes a response

Question 13

habituation

Answer 13

organisms decreasing response to a stimulus with repeated exposure to it

Question 14

stimulus generalization

Answer 14

the tendency to produce the CR to objects similar to CS

Question 15

stimulus discrimination

Answer 15

learned ability to distinguish between CS and similar stimuli that dont trigger CR

Question 16

counterconditioning

Answer 16

pairing a feared stimulus with something positive to produce a relaxing response

Question 17

taste aversion

Answer 17

learned avoidance of a specific food / drink after association with discomfort

Question 18

one-trial condition

Answer 18

association formed after a single pairing of the stimuli

Question 19

biological preparedness

Answer 19

biologically predisposed to more easily pick up up certain association when it comes to survival

Question 20

spontaneous recovery

Answer 20

after a rest period, an extinguished CR can spontaneously recover

Question 21

higher order / second order conditioning

Answer 21

using a CS to condition a response to a new stimulus

Question 22

the Garcia effect

Answer 22

The ease and rapidness with which animals learn taste aversions