PSY 101 - Learning / Classical Conditioning

Learning

• • Relatively enduring change in behavior or thinking that results from experiences

• • Basic form of learning evident when an organism does not respond as strongly or as often to an event following multiple exposures to it

• Event or occurrence that generally leads to a response

Habituation

• • Relatively enduring change in behavior or thinking that results from experiences

• • Basic form of learning evident when an organism does not respond as strongly or as often to an event following multiple exposures to it

• Event or occurrence that generally leads to a response

Stimulus

• • Relatively enduring change in behavior or thinking that results from experiences

• • Basic form of learning evident when an organism does not respond as strongly or as often to an event following multiple exposures to it

• Event or occurrence that generally leads to a response

Classical conditioning

• Two different stimuli are associated.

• Connections between behaviors and consequences are made.

• Learning occurs by watching and imitating others

Operant conditioning

• Two different stimuli are associated.

• Connections between behaviors and consequences are made.

• Learning occurs by watching and imitating others

Observational learning

• Two different stimuli are associated.

• Connections between behaviors and consequences are made.

• Learning occurs by watching and imitating others

Neutral stimulus

• Stimulus that does not cause a relevant automatic or reflexive response

• Stimulus that automatically triggers an involuntary response without any learning needed

• Reflexive, involuntary response to an unconditioned stimulus

Unconditioned stimulus (US)

• Stimulus that does not cause a relevant automatic or reflexive response

• Stimulus that automatically triggers an involuntary response without any learning needed

• Reflexive, involuntary response to an unconditioned stimulus

Unconditioned response (UR)

• Stimulus that does not cause a relevant automatic or reflexive response

• Stimulus that automatically triggers an involuntary response without any learning needed

• Reflexive, involuntary response to an unconditioned stimulus

Conditioned stimulus (CS)

• Previously neutral stimulus that an organism learns to associate with an unconditioned stimulus

• Learned response to a conditioned stimulus

• The initial learning phase in classical conditioning