PSYC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Monarch Butterfly, Classical Conditioning

• School: Binghamton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 111
• Professor: Anne Merriwether

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Classical conditioning: also called pavlovian conditioning, learning is forming a new association, not learning new behavior, allows organisims to prepare for environmental events by learning about the relationship between stimuli. Important conditioning and pavlov"s dogs: before conditioning, us= food, ur = salivation, after conditioning, cs= sound of the bell, cr= salivation. Classical conditioning and little albert: before conditioning, us= loud noise, ur= fear (crying , after conditioning, cs=rat, cr=fear (crying) In this example, the pain from the shot is _unconditioned stimuli __________ In this example, the doctor is ____conditioned stimulus _______ In this example the crying in response to the doctor is ____conditioned response _______ A young child goes to the doctor to receive an immunization. The shot is painful and the child cries. The next day the child sees the doctor at target and the child cries. The following week the child goes to target (no doctor) and cries.