Chapter 6: Learning

A relatively permanent change in behavior or mental processes because of practice or experience.

Pavlov defined as learning that occurs when a neutral stimulus becomes paired with an unconditioned stimulus to elicit a conditioned response.
Unconditioned Stimulus would be the food, which elicits the UCR ( Salivation) without previous conditioning.

The neutral stimulus produces no relevant response. The unconditioned (unlearned) stimulus elicits the unconditioned response.

The neutral stimulus is repeatedly paired with the unconditioned stimulus to produce the unconditioned response.

The neutral stimulus has become a conditioned stimulus. This conditioned stimulus now produces a conditioned response, which is usually similar to the previously unconditioned response.

An originally neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus which elicits a conditioned response.

Explains behavior as a result of observable stimuli and observable responses.

Examples include many of our likes, dislikes, prejudices, and fears.

Principle of classical conditioning, which occurs when an event similar to the originally conditioned stimulus triggers the same conditioned response

Principle of classical Conditioning, that refers to a learned response to a specific stimulus, but not to other similar stimuli.

Principle of classical conditioning, that weakens and supressed the behaviors learned. Occurs when the unconditioned stimulus is repeatedly withheld whenever the conditioned stimulus is presented, which weakens the previous association.

Principle of classical conditioning, which is an occasion an extinguished response may " spontaneously" reappear.
Ex: explains why you might suddenly feel excited at the sight of a former girlfriend or boyfriend, even though years have passed( and extinction has occurred)

When a conditioned stimulus is reintroduced after extinction, the conditioning occurs much faster the second time.

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Occurs when a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus through repeated parings with a previously conditioned stimulus.
Ex: when a child first learns to pair Mcdonalds restaurants on food and later learn that the two golden arches are a symbol for Mcdonalds.