Learning Theories: Classical Conditioning
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- Created on: 05-05-19 17:00
CLASSICAL CONDITIONING
- learning through association
- learning is passive and based on reflex behaviours
KEY TERMS
Unconditioned Stimulus – a stimulus that produces a natural, unlearnt response
Unconditioned Response – a response that occurs naturally and without learning
Neutral Stimulus – something not associated with the unconditioned response, this can be any environmental stimulus that doesn’t naturally produce a behavioural response
Conditioned Stimulus – a new stimulus that has been associated with a UCS so that it now produces the same response
Conditioned Response – behaviour elicited by the conditioned stimulus
Extinction – the disappearance of a previously learned behaviour when the behaviour is not reinforced
Spontaneous Recovery – the reappearance of a conditioned response that had been extinguished
Generalisation – the conditioned response is triggered by a similar stimulus
Discrimination – when the UCS is too different to the CS so it doesn’t create the same response
THE BASICS
1. Before conditioning: UCS = UCR
2. During conditioning: UCS + NS = UCR (it is paired until the NS…
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