6.6– Biologically Predisposed for Association & 6.7– Classical Conditioning in the Real World

Preparedness

the species-specific biological predisposition to learn some associations more quickly than other associations

Vicarious classical conditioning

a learning process where you acquire an emotional or physiological reflex response—such as fear or anxiety—by watching someone else experience it rather than going through it yourself

Conditioned taste aversion

a classically conditioned response where individuals are more likely to associate nausea with food than with other environmental stimuli 

Conditioned Drug Tolerance

Drug overdoses may be caused in part by conditioning to environmental context. (a) The surrounding context during drug use can become a conditioned stimulus. In a new location, the context conditioning is removed (no CS or CR). (b) Rodents are more likely to overdose and die when given a high dose of heroin in a new context.