B.A. PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY AND ENGLISH Chapter Notes -Khat, Classical Conditioning, American Psychologist

• School: CHRIST (Deemed to be University)
• Department: Humanities
• Course: B.A. PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY AND ENGLISH

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Specific objectives: able to describe the theories of learning. The basic steps in classical conditioning experiment are: Before conditioning response(neutral stimulus) pricking of the ear sound of a bell. Sound of a bell (cs) (ucr) +meat (unconditioned stimulus ucs) C. after conditioning conditioned response (cs) alone (cr) saliva. Unconditioned stimulus (ucs) in this case meat leads to unconditioned response(ucr) which is secretion of saliva. Secretion of saliva (ucr) to a piece of meat (ucs) is natural. During conditioning or training the sound of the bell which is the conditioned stimulus (cs) is transformed into conditioned response (cr) saliva. In both cases it is secretion of saliva. It is the result of training or conditioning. Extinction: when the sound of the bell is presented repeatedly without the meat, the dog stops secreting saliva. The relationship between the two stimuli becomes loose. Spontaneous recovery: when the dog restarts to secrete saliva after extinction.