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Classical Conditioning Review Questions and Answers
learning - -a relatively permanent change
in knowledge or behavior resulting from
experience
classical conditioning - -a form of learning
in which a neutral stimulus comes to elicit a
response after being associated with a stimulus
that already elicits that response
unconditioned stimulus (UCS) - -in
classical conditioning, a stimulus that
automatically elicits a particular unconditoned
response
unconditioned response (UCR) - -in
classical conditioning, an unlearned, automatic
response to a particular unconditioned stimulus
conditioned stimulus (CS) - -in classical
conditioning, a neutral stimulus that comes to
elicit a particular conditioned response after
being paired with a particular unconditioned
stimulus that already elicits that response
conditioned response (CR) - -in classical
conditioning, the learned response given to a
particular conditioned stimulus
higher-order conditioning - -in classical
conditioning, the establishment of a conditioned
response to a neutral stimulus that has been
paired with an existing conditioned stimulus
stimulus generalization - -in classical
conditioning, giving a conditioned response to
stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus
stimulus discrimination - -in classical
conditioning, giving a conditioned response to the
conditioned stimulus but not to stimuli similar to it
extinction - -in classical conditioning, the
gradual disappearance of the conditioned
response when the conditioned stimulus is
repeatedly presented without being paired with
the unconditioned stimulus
spontaneous recovery - -in classical
conditioning, the reappearance after a period of
time of a conditioned response that has been
subjected to extinction
conditioned taste aversion - -a taste
inversion induced by pairing a taste with
gastrointestinal distress
