PSY 245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Little Albert Experiment, Classical Conditioning, Psy
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Classical conditioning addresses learning by association/involuntary responses: first. Operant conditioning addresses learning voluntary responses: behavior under our direct control. Unconditioned stimulus (us) always elicts a resonce in the absence of learning: has nothing to do with learning, first thing that causes a reaction. Unconditioned response (ur) the reflecive response elicited by a stimulus in the absence of learning: what happens when the us is put in front of the person. Little albert b, healthy stable 9 month old boy. Shown a life rat, a rabbit, a dog, and a monkey. He cried when researcher hit hammer with a rabbit. Generalized showing fear responses to all fluffy white animals, not just rabbits. Conditioned stimulus (cs) neutral stimulus that comes to cause a conditioned response after associated with us. Conditioned response (cr) response that is elicited by the cs is associated with us. Doesn"t matter who gives the test, it must be given to everyone exactly the same.
