PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6.1: Classical Conditioning, Foodborne Illness, Latent Inhibition
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We are not the only species with this skill even the simplest animals such as the earthworm can learn by association. Pavlov"s dogs: classical conditioning of salivation: classical conditioning learning that occurs when a neutral stimulus elicits a response that was originally caused by another stimulus. In pavlov"s experiments, the sound of a tone (neutral stimulus) was paired with meat powder (unconditioned stimulus which resulted in salivation, the unconditioned response). After repeated pairings, the dogs learned that the tone: predicted meat powder (the tone (neutral stimulus) became a conditioned stimulus). Eventually, hearing the tone alone could elicit salivation (conditioned response): to establish that conditioning has taken place, the tone (cs) must elicit salivated in the absence of food (us). In: pavlov"s experiment, for example, the dogs learned that in a different setting, the tone was no longer a reliable stimulus for predicting food.
