PSYC 1100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Learned Helplessness, Rein, Saccharin

• School: UConn
• Department: Psychological Sciences
• Course: PSYC 1100
• Professor: Eric Lundquist

Document Summary

Ex: food in mouth - input to a reflex. Ex: salivation to food - output of reflex. Ex: bell - initially results in investigatory response, then habituation; after conditioning, results in cr. Ex: salivation to bell - response to cs; measure amplitude, probability, latency. Extinction - cr declines and disappears over trails without us. Due to buildup of inhibition ~ permanent. Spontaneous recovery - after rest interval, extinguished cr reappears at almost previous strength, and extinguished faster next time. Inhibition - during the acquisition phase, there"s one particular association he make (bell = food), less and less salivation to finally extinction ~ not permanent. Dissipates during rest period, doesn"t dissipate all the way, permanent residue left behind next morning - less salivation than day before. A brief summary of the inhibition/excitation theory of extinction and spontaneous recovery in classical conditioning.