EAB 3765 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Ontogeny, Operant Conditioning, Classical Conditioning

• School: FIU
• Department: Experimental Analysis of Behav
• Course: EAB 3765
• Professor: Janet Vasquez

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1. unconditioned stimulus (us): stimulus present when the unconditioned response occurs; ex: food in mouth. 2. unconditional response (ur): elicited by antecedent stimuli even though no conditioning or learning has occurred; has survival value. 3. respondent conditioning: occurs when a previously neutral stimulus (ns) is paired with an us (the ns and us are presented together); the ns becomes a conditioned stimulus and eli cits a conditioned response similar to the ur. 6. previously neutral stimulus (ns) paired with an us exampl e: us- pain paired with neutral stimulus of a dog as dog bites you. Presence of a dog becomes a conditioned stimulus and elicits a conditioned response even when the original us of pain is no longer there. 7. textbook example: the us is the blast of air in her face. Because the clicking sound from the machine was paired with each blast of air, the clicking sound became a cs. Now the clicking sound elicits the blinking, which has become a cr.