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Hist & Systems: Psy Learning
Test 1: Chapter 3
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
09/28/2009

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Classical Conditioning
Definition
the presentation of two (or more) events in a previously determined amount of time
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Eyeblink Conditioning
Definition
a puff of air (US) elicits an eyeblink (UR) and other responses
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Skin Conductance Response
Definition
lie detector machines; measures the electrical conductivity of the skin
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Conditioned Taste Aversion
Definition
subjects learn to discriminate against food that causes comfort/discomfort
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Evaluative conditioning
Definition
pairing a neutral stimulus with something liked/disliked will change the emotional tone of the neutral stimuli
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Acquisition
Definition
development of a conditioned response
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Control Procedures
Definition
unpaired control procedure; truly random control procedure
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Extinction
Definition
disappearance of the CR
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Generalization
Definition
similar stimuli will elicit the CR
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Discrimination
Definition
used to oppose the tendency to generalize and can be used to discriminate between CS's
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Contiguity
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2 events need to be contiguous (close together) in order to become associated
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Forward Conditioning
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CS (tone-taught stimulus) comes before the US (food-original stimulus) <>
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Simultaneous Conditioning
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CS (tone-taught stimulus)comes at same time as US (food-original stimulus) <>
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Backward Conditioning
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US (food-original stimulus) comes first, then CS (tone-taught stimulus) follows shortly after <>
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Prior Exposure
Definition
experience where the stimulus occurred w/o the US
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Latent Inhibition
Definition
pre-exposing the CS
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Compound CS's
Definition
2 or more CS's are introduced so both are not usually learned
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Overshadow
Definition
one CS is learned and the other isn't
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Surprise
Definition
the surprising-ness of the US changes the classical conditioning
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The Blocking Effect
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if one CS is already conditioned to the UR, the new CS will not be learned
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Rescorla-Wagner Model
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formula: conditioning depends on the surprising-ness of the US
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CS-US Relevance
Definition
idea that certain CS's belong with certain US's
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Conditioned Inhibition
Definition
CS becomes associated w/the absence of the US (no papers in professor's hand = no pop quiz)
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Stimulus-Response (S-R) Theory
Definition
the CS replaces the US (CS becomes associated with the UR)
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Stimulus-Stimulus (S-S) Theory
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Preparatory Response Theory
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Development of Tolerance
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Immune System Response
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Behavioral Medicine
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The Conditioning Theory of Phobias
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"Little Albert" Experiment
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Extinction as Therapy
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Systematic Desensitization
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US
Definition
un-taught
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UR
Definition
unlearned
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CS
Definition
taught to elicit UR
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CR
Definition
learned to elicit UR "on command" without the original US being present
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