Which question should you always ask whenever analyzing behavior?

Is it an automatic reflex (classical conditioning) or is it a voluntary choice? (operant conditioning)

the point at which something is learned

Unconditioned Stimulus

automatically triggers an unconditional response or reflex (usually biologically significant, you don't have to learn to respond to it) ex. food

Unconditioned Response

unlearned response that occurs naturally in reaction to UCS (automatically, no prior learning) ex. salivating in response to food

(becomes Conditioned Stimulus) produces no effect until paired with a UCS, previously neutral stimulus that after being associated with a UCS elicits a response

The learned response to the previously neutral stimulus (ex. salivating in response to the bell)

Produces no effect until paired with an unconditional stimulus (ex. Bell)

the occurrence of a conditioned response decreases or disappears, happens when a conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with an unconditional stimulus (Can only occur after conditioning)

return of the previously extinguished conditioned response following a rest period (can only occur after extinction)

Stimulus Generalization

the tendency for the conditioned stimulus to evoke similar responses after the response has been conditioned (ex. The bell sound generalizes to a tuning fork, metronome)

Stimulus Discrimination

The ability to differentiate between a conditioned stimulus and other stimuli that have not been paired w/ an unconditional response

- The CS (bell) must come before the UCS (food) - The CS and UCS must come close together in time - ideally only several seconds apart - The NS (bell) must be paired with the UCS (food) several times before conditioning can take place

Believed psychology should be the scientific study of observable behaviors not mental processes - All learning through interactions w/ environment - no free will

Higher Order Conditioning (Second Order)

A procedure in which the conditioned stimulus in one conditioning experience is paired with a new neural stimulus, creating a second (often weaker) stimulus

Watson's "Little Albert" Experiment

Controversial classical conditioning, conditioned Albert to be afraid of rat by using loud noises

go back and undo the conditioning (pair with something positive)

avoiding a food after a period of illness after eating that food (only needs one incidence of feeling ill)

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AP Psych - Classical Conditioning

Question	Answer
Which question should you always ask whenever analyzing behavior?	Is it an automatic reflex (classical conditioning) or is it a voluntary choice? (operant conditioning)
Acquisition	the point at which something is learned
Unconditioned Stimulus	automatically triggers an unconditional response or reflex (usually biologically significant, you don't have to learn to respond to it) ex. food
Unconditioned Response	unlearned response that occurs naturally in reaction to UCS (automatically, no prior learning) ex. salivating in response to food
Natural Stimulus	(becomes Conditioned Stimulus) produces no effect until paired with a UCS, previously neutral stimulus that after being associated with a UCS elicits a response
Conditioned Response	The learned response to the previously neutral stimulus (ex. salivating in response to the bell)
Neutral Stimulus	Produces no effect until paired with an unconditional stimulus (ex. Bell)
Extinction	the occurrence of a conditioned response decreases or disappears, happens when a conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with an unconditional stimulus (Can only occur after conditioning)
Spontaneous Recovery	return of the previously extinguished conditioned response following a rest period (can only occur after extinction)
Stimulus Generalization	the tendency for the conditioned stimulus to evoke similar responses after the response has been conditioned (ex. The bell sound generalizes to a tuning fork, metronome)
Stimulus Discrimination	The ability to differentiate between a conditioned stimulus and other stimuli that have not been paired w/ an unconditional response
Principles	- The CS (bell) must come before the UCS (food) - The CS and UCS must come close together in time - ideally only several seconds apart - The NS (bell) must be paired with the UCS (food) several times before conditioning can take place
Behaviorists	Believed psychology should be the scientific study of observable behaviors not mental processes - All learning through interactions w/ environment - no free will
Higher Order Conditioning (Second Order)	A procedure in which the conditioned stimulus in one conditioning experience is paired with a new neural stimulus, creating a second (often weaker) stimulus
Watson's "Little Albert" Experiment	Controversial classical conditioning, conditioned Albert to be afraid of rat by using loud noises
Counter Conditioning	go back and undo the conditioning (pair with something positive)
Taste Aversion	avoiding a food after a period of illness after eating that food (only needs one incidence of feeling ill)

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