Ch 3 Vid 5 Aversive, Excitatory, and Inhibitory Conditioning

Appetitive Conditioning

A classical conditioning procedure that uses an appetitive stimulus to produce a response to a neutral stimulus.

Aversive Conditioning

A classical conditioning procedure where the unconditioned stimulus is something aversive, leading to a conditioned emotional response.

Conditioned Emotional Response (CER)

A response learned through aversive conditioning, where a neutral stimulus elicits an emotional reaction due to its pairing with an aversive stimulus.

Suppression Ratio

A measure used to determine the extent to which a conditioned stimulus suppresses a behavior, calculated by dividing the number of conditioned stimulus responses by the sum of conditioned and pre-conditioned responses.

Excitatory Conditioning

A form of classical conditioning where a conditioned stimulus elicits a response.

Inhibitory Conditioning

A form of classical conditioning where a conditioned stimulus inhibits a response, making it less likely to occur.

Unconditioned Stimulus (U.S.)

A stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without conditioning.

Unconditioned Response (U.R.)

The unlearned, naturally occurring response to an unconditioned stimulus.

Neutral Stimulus (N.S.)

A stimulus that initially elicits no response but can become a conditioned stimulus after pairings with an unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus (C.S.)

A previously neutral stimulus that, after conditioning, elicits a conditioned response.

Conditioned Response (C.R.)

The learned response to a previously neutral conditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus Plus (+)

Denotes an excitatory conditioned stimulus that elicits a response.

Conditioned Stimulus Minus (-)

Denotes an inhibitory conditioned stimulus that inhibits a response.