PSY260H1 Chapter Notes -Interstimulus Interval, Classical Conditioning, Social Learning Theory
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Learning (conditioning) - is a relatively permanent change in behavior or knowledge that comes from experience or training. Our personality is the product of our conduct. Learning to transfer a natural response from one stimulus to another previously neural stimulus. Unconditioned stimulus (us): a stimulus that will provoke a response without training e. g. food. Unconditioned response (ur): the response to an unconditioned stimulus e. g. salivation. Conditioned stimulus (cs): a stimulus that is paired with a us, and comes to provoke the same response as the us (in the absence of the us) e. g. bell. Conditioned response (cr): the same response as the ur, but now to a cs, rather than to a us e. g. salivation. The conditioned response (cr) would eventually disappear or be extinguished. Extinction takes place, when you repeatedly present the conditioned stimulus (cs) without the (us). The tendency for an extinguished conditioned response to recur after a rest period.
