PSY100H1 Chapter Notes -Classical Conditioning, Reinforcement, Observational Learning

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: all

Document Summary

Classical conditioning / pavlovian conditioning = a type of learned response that occurs when a neutral object comes to elicit a reflexive response when it is associated with a stimulus that already produces that response. Unconditioned response = a response that does not have to be learned, such as a reflex. Unconditioned stimulus = a stimulus that elicits a response without any prior learning. Conditioned stimulus = a stimulus that elicits a response only after learning has taken place. Conditioned response = a response to a conditioned stimulus that has been learned. Acquistion = the gradual formation of an association between the conditioned and unconditioned stimuli. Extinction = a process in which the conditioned response is weakened when the conditioned stimulus is repeated without the unconditioned stimulus. Spontaneous recovery = a process in which a previously extinguished response re-emerges following presentation of the conditioned stimulus.