AP Psych - Classical Conditioning

behavioral perspective

classical conditioning

learning through association of stimuli

human behavior is just a bunch of conditioned responses

association

emphasizes the role in learning and associations

acquisition 

initial stage where neutral stimulus and unconditioned stimulus become associated together

associative learning

unconditioned stimulus (UCS)

stimulus that naturally & automatically triggers a response 

unconditioned response (UR)

the unlearned naturally occurring response

conditioned response (CR)

the learned response to a previously neutral conditioned stimulus

conditioned stimulus (CS)

the originally irrelevant stimulus that came to trigger the conditioned response

extinction

when a conditioned response diminishes

stop pairing UCS with CS

spontaneous recovery 

pairing comes back after extinction 

stimulus discrimination

ability to distinguish a CS and something that resembles a CS

stimulus generalization

when a stimuli similar to CS elicit similar responses 

higher-order conditioning

pairing a new neutral stimulus along with the conditioned stimulus

developing associations with associations

CS used as a UCS 

counterconditioning 

taste aversion

eat something—throw up—DNA says to never eat that food again

one-trial conditioning

association is not strengthened by further pairings

DNA sets us up for one trial conditioning 

biological preparedness

one-trial learning

habituation 

decrease in response to a stimulus after repeated presentations

get bored of a stimulus—don’t show a response to it