PSYC 2000 : Psyc Study Guide 3
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Module 23: conditioning is the process of learning associations. In classical conditioning is learning to associate two stimuli and thus anticipate events. Unconditioned stimulus is in classical conditioning when a stimulus that unconditionally (naturally and automatically) triggers a response. A conditional stimulus is an originally irrelevant stimulus that after association with an unconditioned stimulus comes to trigger a conditioned response. An unconditioned response is the unlearned naturally occurring response to the unconditioned stimulus (eg salvation with food). Extinction is the diminishing of a conditioned response; occurs when an unconditioned stimulus does not follow a conditioned stimulus. Spontaneous recovery is the reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response: generalization is the tendency to respond to stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus. Stimulus discrimination is the learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli that do not signal an unconditional stimulus.
