PSYC 301 Chapter 4: Chapter 4- The Principles of Learning and Behaviour (animal learning)
18 Apr 2018
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Pavlov stated that the cs does not elicit the conditioned response initially, but comes to do as a result of becoming associated with the us. By contrast, the us is effective in eliciting the target response from the outset (unconditionally) without any special training. Identifying potential css and uss requires comparing the responses elicited by each stimulus before conditioning makes the identification of css and uss relative. Any particular event may serve as a cs relative to one stimulus and as a us relative to another. Eg. sucrose pellets can be used in a taste aversion conditioning procedure or in a sign tracking experiment with rats, and produce different cr"s. Latent inhibition= pre-exposure to the cs will disrupt or retard learning. Disrupts learning the association between the cs and us using a classical conditioning paradigm. If a stimulus is highly familiar, it will not be as effective as a cs than if it were novel.
