Learning Theories: Classical Conditioning

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  • Created by: alizax
  • 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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