PSYC 213 Chapter 4.1: 4.1

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 213
• Professor: Jeffrey Mogil

Document Summary

Higher-order conditioning involves two stages: in the first stage, a conditioned stimulus is paired with an unconditioned stimulus until it elicits the two stimuli elicit the same response. Then in the second stage, another conditioned stimulus is paired with the conditioned stimulus from the first stage. If the conditioning is successful, the second conditioned stimulus will then elicit the same response as the first conditioned stimulus compound stimulus conditioning, two or more conditioned stimuli are paired with an unconditioned stimulus. If the conditioning is successful, the both of the conditioned stimuli will elicit the same response as the unconditioned stimulus. Blocking refers to effects of the order in which conditioned stimuli are presented that prevents learning. Conditioned stimulus are presented together with the unconditioned stimulus from the first stage, the new. Stimulus fails to elicit the same response as the original conditioned stimulus. In other words, the prior conditioning of one component blocks the conditioning of the other component.