Pavlovian Conditioning — Key Concepts

Key Idea

  • Learning involves acquiring new knowledge or behavior.

Classical Conditioning (Pavlov)

  • Definition: Learning via association between a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus.
  • Example:
    • CS = bell
    • US = food
    • After pairing, bell elicits salivation (CR).
  • Notation:
    • CS=bell,US=food,CR=salivation\text{CS} = \text{bell},\quad \text{US} = \text{food},\quad \text{CR} = \text{salivation}

Personal Experiment

  • The speaker has been conducting a similar experiment for the past couple weeks.