PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Fear Conditioning, Classical Conditioning, Latent Inhibition
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Stimuli such as food, water, pain, elicit different types of responses. Only has an effect if it is associated with an unconditioned stimulus. In pavlov"s experiments the neutral stimulus was a tone that was paired with meat. Learning is a process by which behaviour or knowledge changes as a result of experience. Pavlov studied dogs, he came upon the discovery which lead to classical conditioning. Classical conditioning learning that occurs when a neutral stimulus elicits a response that was originally caused by another stimulus powder, hearing the tone would elicit a salivation response. Behaviourism, a line of inquiry focused on observable behaviours rather than unobservable mental events. A stimulus is an external event or cue that elicits a response. An unconditioned stimulus (us) is a stimulus that elicits a reflexive response without learning. An unconditioned response (ur) is a reflexive, unlearned reaction to an unconditioned stimulus.
