Loud noise(UCS)/Fear(UCR). Pairing these makes a CR. Makes a furry object a CS.
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Example of dogs
Bitten UCS creates fear UCR. Dog NS associated with being bitten UCS. Dog, now CS produces fear response of CR
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What is operant conditioning: maintenance?
Learning through consequences
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Procedure of key study, little albert.
11 months old, he links white rat to fear. When Albert went to touch the white fury thing, they would hit a steel bar behind his head making a loud noise.
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Findings of key study, little albert
When they showed him the white fury object, he began to cry and therefore they had conditioned a fear response to the white rat
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EVALUATION: The importance of classical conditioning
Some phobias may result in different processes/responses to the phobia
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