PSYC 2600H Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Latent Inhibition, Disinhibition, Classical Conditioning

• School: Trent University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2600H
• Professor: Jeff Adams

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& strengthening a cr through repeated pairings of a ns & ucs) Proceeds rapidly during early conditioning trials, then gradually levels off. Asymptote of conditioning (max amount of conditioning that can occur in a situation) More intense ucss & ns produce stronger & faster conditioning. Extinction (a cr is weakened/eliminated when the cs is repeatedly presented without the ucs) An extinguished cr can be reacquired rapidly when the cs/ns is again paired with the. Spontaneous recovery (reappearance of a cr to a cs following a rest period after extinction) Disinhibition (sudden recovery of a response during an extinction procedure when a new stimulus is introduced) Stimulus generalization (tendency for a cr to occur in presence of a stimulus similar to the cs) More apparent when the stimuli involved are physically similar. Semantic generalization (generalization of a cr to verbal stimuli similar in meaning to the cs)