CLASSICAL CONDITIONING DO NOW GIVE AN EXAMPLE IN

CLASSICAL CONDITIONING

DO NOW GIVE AN EXAMPLE IN YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN CLASSICALLY CONDITIONED OR HAVE TRIED TO CLASSICALLY CONDITIONED SOMEONE.

OBJECTIVES • USE THE CLASSICAL CONDITIONING MODEL TO EXPLAIN AN EXAMPLE OF A CLASSICALLY CONDITIONED RESPONSE. • DESCRIBE HOW IVAN PAVLOV DISCOVERED CLASSICAL CONDITIONING. • DEFINE THE CONCEPTS OF GENERALIZATION AND DISCRIMINATION.

CLASSICAL CONDITIONING • LEARNING: A RELATIVELY PERMANENT CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR CAUSED BY EXPERIENCE. • CLASSICAL CONDITIONING: A TYPE OF LEARNING WHERE A STIMULUS GAINS THE POWER TO CAUSE A RESPONSE. • STIMULUS: ANYTHING IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT ONE CAN RESPOND TO. • RESPONSE: ANY BEHAVIOR OR ACTION.

COMPONENTS OF CLASSICAL CONDITIONING • UNCONDITIONED STIMULUS (UCS): A STIMULUS THAT TRIGGERS A RESPONSE REFLEXIVELY AND AUTOMATICALLY. • UNCONDITIONED RESPONSE (UCR): THE AUTOMATIC RESPONSE TO THE UCS. • CONDITIONED STIMULUS (CS): THE PREVIOUSLY NEUTRAL STIMULUS THAT, THROUGH LEARNING, GAINS THE POWER TO CAUSE A RESPONSE. • CONDITIONED RESPONSE (CR): THE RESPONSE TO THE CS.

CLASSICAL CONDITIONING PROCESSES • ACQUISITION: PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A LEARNED RESPONSE. • EXTINCTION: DIMINISHING OF A LEARNED RESPONSE. • SPONTANEOUS RECOVERY: RETURN OF AN EXTINGUISHED CLASSICALLY CONDITIONED RESPONSE AFTER A REST PERIOD. • IVAN PAVLOV: A RUSSIAN PHYSIOLOGIST INTERESTED IN THE STUDY OF DIGESTION, EARNED ANOBEL PRIZE FOR HIS WORK IN THIS AREA IN 1904. • GENERALIZATION: PRODUCING THE SAME RESPONSE TO TWO SIMILAR STIMULI. • DISCRIMINATION: PRODUCING DIFFERENT RESPONSES TO TWO STIMULI.