PSY399H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Habituation, Biofeedback
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Operant conditioning (also known as instrumental conditioning: attributed to ivan pavlov, occurs when an organism learns to transfer a response from one stimulus to another unlearned stimulus, unconditioned stimulus (ucs) : a stimulus that invariably causes an organism to respond, unconditioned response (ucr) : a response or reaction to an unconditioned stimulus, conditioned stimulus (cs) : a previously neutral stimulus that, when paired to the ucs, elicits a desired response in an organism when presented alone, conditioned response (cr) : a response or reaction to a conditioned stimulus in pavlov"s classic experiment, dogs would naturally salivate (ucr) to the presentation of food (ucs, by pairing the presentation of food with the sound of a bell (cs), the sounding of the bell alone would elicit salivation (cr) in the dog the temporal relationship between the ucs and cs is important there are three possible relationships:
