Learning Unit #1 - Classical Conditioning

a type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events

• classical conditioning
• neutral stimulus
• unconditioned stimulus
• unconditioned response

a stimulus that elicits no response before conditioning

• neutral stimulus
• unconditioned stimulus
• unconditioned response
• conditioned stimulus

something that reliably produces a naturally occurring reaction without any conditioning

• unconditioned stimulus
• unconditioned response
• conditioned stimulus
• conditioned response

a reflexive reaction that is reliably produced by an unconditioned stimulus

• unconditioned response
• conditioned stimulus
• conditioned response
• generalization

a stimulus that elicits a response only after learning has taken place

• conditioned stimulus
• conditioned response
• generalization
• discrimination

a learned response to a conditioned stimulus

• conditioned response
• generalization
• discrimination
• extinction

responding similarly to a range of similar stimuli

• generalization
• discrimination
• extinction
• Ivan Pavlov

the learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus

• discrimination
• extinction
• Ivan Pavlov
• classical conditioning

the diminishing of a conditioned response; occurs in classical conditioning when an unconditioned stimulus (US) does not follow a conditioned stimulus (CS); occurs in operant conditioning when a response is no longer reinforced.

• extinction
• Ivan Pavlov
• classical conditioning
• neutral stimulus

discovered classical conditioning; trained dogs to salivate at the ringing of a bell

• Ivan Pavlov
• classical conditioning
• neutral stimulus
• unconditioned stimulus