Psychology 1004 Chapter 8: Learning
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classical conditioning - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔when stimuli from the environment
evokes a response from organisms
usually autonomic- reflexive
unconditioned stimulus (UCS) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔stimulus that reflexively
triggers an autonomic response
ex. Pavlov's dogs- food was a stimulus that caused salivation (autonomic)
unconditioned response (UCR) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pavlov's dogs- salivation
response
dogs don't LEARN to salivate to food (UCS)
conditioned stimulus (CS) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔initially neutral in terms of
triggered a particular autonomic response
ex. ringing the bell (Pavlov)
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, a CS is one that evokes a response similar to what a UCS would
conditioned response (CR) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔same type of response
evoked by a UCS
once triggered by a CS (ringing the bell) it is considered a conditional
response
acquisition - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the initial learning phase
period that the dogs acquire (learn) the response of salivating (CR) to the
sound of the bell (CS)
once acquired (learned) and as long as food (UCS) is occasionally given
after the bell, dogs will continue to show the CR (salivation) whenever the
bell is rung
extinction - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔if the bell is continued to be rung, but giving
food is COMPLETELY stopped, the dogs will eventually stop salivating
occurs because the bell no longer predicts food
if a UCS no longer supports the predictive power of the CS, then the CR
will will degrade until is is gone (extinguished)
an extinguished CR can reappear
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Key Terms 2024/2025 Exam Questions
and Answers | 100% Pass
classical conditioning - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔when stimuli from the environment
evokes a response from organisms
usually autonomic- reflexive
unconditioned stimulus (UCS) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔stimulus that reflexively
triggers an autonomic response
ex. Pavlov's dogs- food was a stimulus that caused salivation (autonomic)
unconditioned response (UCR) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pavlov's dogs- salivation
response
dogs don't LEARN to salivate to food (UCS)
conditioned stimulus (CS) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔initially neutral in terms of
triggered a particular autonomic response
ex. ringing the bell (Pavlov)
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, a CS is one that evokes a response similar to what a UCS would
conditioned response (CR) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔same type of response
evoked by a UCS
once triggered by a CS (ringing the bell) it is considered a conditional
response
acquisition - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the initial learning phase
period that the dogs acquire (learn) the response of salivating (CR) to the
sound of the bell (CS)
once acquired (learned) and as long as food (UCS) is occasionally given
after the bell, dogs will continue to show the CR (salivation) whenever the
bell is rung
extinction - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔if the bell is continued to be rung, but giving
food is COMPLETELY stopped, the dogs will eventually stop salivating
occurs because the bell no longer predicts food
if a UCS no longer supports the predictive power of the CS, then the CR
will will degrade until is is gone (extinguished)
an extinguished CR can reappear
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