Unit 3.7 Classical condition

Behavioral perspective

How we learn from our environment

Conditioning

Involves forming associations between two events or responses; linking one stimulus to another

Stimulus

A stimulus is an event, object or thing that triggers a specific reaction

Neutral Stimuli

Stimuli that elicit no response from a subject

Unconditioned Stimulus

Stimulus that naturally trigger a response, no teaching is needed here

Unconditioned Response

a natural response that happens without any learning

Conditioned Stimulus

When a previously neutral stimulus is paired repeatedly with an unconditioned stimulus, triggering a learned response

Acquisition

The process developing a connection between a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus

Extinction

When the conditioned response gradually diminishes, happens when the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without being paired with the unconditioned stimulus, causing the association between the two to weaken

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance after a pause of an extinguished conditioned response

Stimulus generalization

When an individual responds to a stimulus that is similar to the original conditioned stimulus

Stimulus discrimination

When an individual learns to differentiate between the conditioned stimulus and other similar stimuli

Higher/Second-order conditioning

When a neutral stimulus that has become a conditioned stimulus is pared with another unconditioned stimuli

Counterconditioning Therapy

When therapist use classical conditioning to help clients unlearn harmful emotion responses

Taste Aversions

A type of classical conditioning where an individual learns to avoid a particular taste, flavor, or food because they associate it with illness

One-trial learning

It only takes one parring to create an association

Biological Preparedness

The survival technique where people and animals naturally form associations between certain stimuli and responses i

Habituation

When an organism gradually stops responding as strongly to a stimulus that is repeated over time