PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning, Amygdala

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Benjamin Giguere

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Learning: a process by which behavior or knowledge changes as a result of experience. Classical conditioning: learning that occurs when a neutral stimulus elicits a response that was originally caused by another stimulus. Unconditioned stimulus: a stimulus that elicits a reflexive response without learning. Unconditioned response: a reflexive, unlearned reaction to an unconditioned stimulus. I(cid:374) pa(cid:448)lo(cid:448)"s experi(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, (cid:373)eat po(cid:449)der (cid:272)aused u(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:374)ditio(cid:374)ed respo(cid:374)se. Conditioned stimulus: a once neutral stimulus that later elicits a conditioned response because. It has a history of being paired with an unconditional stimulus. Conditioned reponses: learned response that occurs to the conditioned stimulus. Conditioning and synapse: during conditioning, weak synapses fire at the same time as related strong synapses. This simultaneous activity strengthens the connections in the weaker synapse. Acquisition: initial phase of learning in which a response is established. In classical conditioning, acquisition is the phase in which a neutral stimulus is repeatedly paired with the us.