psyc1101 exam 3: learning part 1

associative learning

pairing 2 thing together (cause and effect)

ivan pavlov

• father of classical conditioning

• rang bell prior to feeding dogs

• dogs originally salivated once food arrived

• over time, dogs began salivating after bell was rang, even if no food

neutral stimulus

before conditioning, does NOT naturally bring about the response of interest

unconditioned stimulus

a stimulus that brings about a reaction without having been learned

unconditioned response

a natural innate response that is not associated with previous learning

conditioned stimulus

a neutral stimulus that has been paired with a UCS to bring about a response formerly caused only by the UCS

conditioned response

a response that after conditioning follows a previously neutral stimulus

behaviorism

• study of observable behavior

• cause and effect

• founded by johns watson

• little albert study

classical conditioning in the media

• advertisers pair products with something desirable to increase our chances of buying the product

acquisition

acquiring a conditioned response

extinction

• graduating weakening of conditioned response, usually takes longer

• evidence that its formation of a new memory, not an elimination of the old, the 2 compete

spontaneous recover

previous conditioned response makes a comeback after a rest period

classical conditioning

transferring a response from one thing to a different thing