PSY 333 Exam 3 Study Guide: Abnormal Psychology Disorders and Treatment
Review
Associative Learning (Conditioning) - correct answer ✔✔An animal's ability to predict when and
where significant events will occur, including (but not limited to) cause and effect.
Why is associative learning important? - correct answer ✔✔It allows an animal, for example, to
recognize a rustle in the undergrowth as a predator, or what flavors lead to sickness, or even
which of its actions will allow it to escape from dangerous situations.
Pavlovian (Classical) Conditioning - correct answer ✔✔Ivan Pavlov was a psychologist who was
studying the body's secretion of fluids during the digestive process.
He presented dried meat to dogs and collected saliva.
Lab assistant in white coats would place food in dog's mouths and collect the saliva.
The dogs started salivating when the lab assistants entered the room, even if there was no food.
Pavlov called this phenomenon "psychic secretions".
4 critical components of classical conditioning. - correct answer ✔✔Unconditioned Stimulus = A
stimulus that already produces a response.
Unconditioned Response = The response to the unconditioned stimulus.
Conditioned Stimulus = Some other stimulus that initially did not produce a response, but after
some time and paring with the unconditioned stimulus, came to elicit a response.
,Conditioned Response = The response to the conditioned stimulus.
Habituation - correct answer ✔✔Decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation.
Classical conditioning example: You are attacked by a predatory eagle... - correct answer
✔✔UCS = The eagle attacking.
UCR = Running away.
CS = The sound of an eagle swooping.
CR = Running away.
Classical conditioning example: Marine snails... - correct answer ✔✔Marine snails learn to
associate a light touch on the mantle with a light shock on the tail.
UCS = Light shock on the tail.
UCR = Mantle is pulled closed to protect the gill & release of ink.
CS = Light touch on the mantle.
CR = Mantle is pulled closed to protect the gill.
Classical conditioning example: Lemon sharks... - correct answer ✔✔Lemon sharks learn to
blink to a light that dignifies that an electric shock is coming close to the eye.
, UCS = Shock close to the eye.
UCR = Blinking.
CS = The light.
CR = Blinking.
Classical conditioning example: Siamese fighting fish... - correct answer ✔✔Betta fish react
aggressively to their own reflections.
A red light was used to indicate that a mirror would be added into the habitat.
After repeatedly being exposed to the red light with the mirror, the betta fish started acting
aggressively to the red light itself.
UCS = The fish's reflection in the mirror.
UCR = Aggression.
CS = The red light.
CR = Aggression.
Pavlovian conditioning example: Male blue gourami... - correct answer ✔✔A light indicated the
introduction of a real competitor, another male fish.
The blue gourami started to act aggressively to the light itself.
Review
Associative Learning (Conditioning) - correct answer ✔✔An animal's ability to predict when and
where significant events will occur, including (but not limited to) cause and effect.
Why is associative learning important? - correct answer ✔✔It allows an animal, for example, to
recognize a rustle in the undergrowth as a predator, or what flavors lead to sickness, or even
which of its actions will allow it to escape from dangerous situations.
Pavlovian (Classical) Conditioning - correct answer ✔✔Ivan Pavlov was a psychologist who was
studying the body's secretion of fluids during the digestive process.
He presented dried meat to dogs and collected saliva.
Lab assistant in white coats would place food in dog's mouths and collect the saliva.
The dogs started salivating when the lab assistants entered the room, even if there was no food.
Pavlov called this phenomenon "psychic secretions".
4 critical components of classical conditioning. - correct answer ✔✔Unconditioned Stimulus = A
stimulus that already produces a response.
Unconditioned Response = The response to the unconditioned stimulus.
Conditioned Stimulus = Some other stimulus that initially did not produce a response, but after
some time and paring with the unconditioned stimulus, came to elicit a response.
,Conditioned Response = The response to the conditioned stimulus.
Habituation - correct answer ✔✔Decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation.
Classical conditioning example: You are attacked by a predatory eagle... - correct answer
✔✔UCS = The eagle attacking.
UCR = Running away.
CS = The sound of an eagle swooping.
CR = Running away.
Classical conditioning example: Marine snails... - correct answer ✔✔Marine snails learn to
associate a light touch on the mantle with a light shock on the tail.
UCS = Light shock on the tail.
UCR = Mantle is pulled closed to protect the gill & release of ink.
CS = Light touch on the mantle.
CR = Mantle is pulled closed to protect the gill.
Classical conditioning example: Lemon sharks... - correct answer ✔✔Lemon sharks learn to
blink to a light that dignifies that an electric shock is coming close to the eye.
, UCS = Shock close to the eye.
UCR = Blinking.
CS = The light.
CR = Blinking.
Classical conditioning example: Siamese fighting fish... - correct answer ✔✔Betta fish react
aggressively to their own reflections.
A red light was used to indicate that a mirror would be added into the habitat.
After repeatedly being exposed to the red light with the mirror, the betta fish started acting
aggressively to the red light itself.
UCS = The fish's reflection in the mirror.
UCR = Aggression.
CS = The red light.
CR = Aggression.
Pavlovian conditioning example: Male blue gourami... - correct answer ✔✔A light indicated the
introduction of a real competitor, another male fish.
The blue gourami started to act aggressively to the light itself.
