PSYCH101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Brainstem, 6 Years, Albert Bandura

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Steve Spencer

Document Summary

Pavlov connected tubes to salivary glands, and studied how food affected saliva. Classical conditioning: learning that occurs when a neutral stimulus elicits a response that was originally caused by another stimulus. Unconditioned stimulus (us): a stimulus that elicits reflexive response without learning. Unconditioned response (ur): a reflexive, unlearned reaction to an unconditioned stimulus. Neutral stimulus (ns): when associated with cs can produce a cr. Conditioned stimulus (cs): once neutral stimulus that elicits a conditioned response because it has a history of being paired with us. Conditioned response (cr): the learned response that occurs to the conditioned response. Acquisition: the initial phase of learning in which a response is established (ns paired with us) Extinction: the loss or weakening of a conditioned response when a cs and us are no longer paired. Spontaneous recovery: the reoccurrence of a previously extinguished cr, typically after some time has passed since extinction.