PSYC 305 Final: Chapter Summaries for Final.docx
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Classical conditioning: reactions can be acquired by associating one stimulus with another. Requires 2 things: organism must already respond to some class of stimuli reflexively, reliably, and automatically, stimuli in the reflex must become associated in time and place with another stimulus (the second stimuli is generally neutral at first) Cc is the association of one stimulus with another. 1 stimuli elicits a response that was originally elicited by the other stimulus. Cc discovered in late 1800"s by ian pavlov (pavlov"s dog). He fed dogs meat to stimulate saliva. Dogs would start to salivate when they saw pavlov, the dish, the food, etc. Neutral stimulus (bell rings) no response (dogs don"t salivate) Unconditioned stimulus (steak) unconditioned response automatic reflexive response (dog salivates) Neutral stimulus becomes conditioned stimulus (bell rings) plus unconditioned stimulus (steak) equals unconditioned response (dog salivates) **this is called a learning trial, continue to do this to cause classical conditioning.
