PSY-1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Classical Conditioning, Mental Disorder
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Alerts organisms to stimuli that signal impending arrival or an important event. Idea that other bodily functions could be conditioned including those affecting susceptibility to disease and mental disorder. Acquisition refers to the period during which a response is being learned. Neutral stimulus does not elicit the response wanted. A tone originally may make a dog stare odd and perk up its ears but not salivate. Unconditioned stimulus (usc) is a stimulus that innately elicits a response. Unconditioned response (ucr) a reflexive, unlearned response to an innately important stimulus. Conditioned stimulus (cs) is a stimulus that gains value through learning. Conditioned response (cr) is a response elicited by a stimulus whose importance depends on past learning. Learning trial is when to stimuli are paired (a specific tone and food) After several learning trials, the cs alone will cause the ucr even without the usc. Through learning by association, the tone (cs) causes the salivation (cr)
