PSY 333 Learning Lecture Study Guide: Principles of Learning in Psychology
Associative learning (aka conditioning): - correct answer ✔✔-An animal's ability to predict when
and where significant events will occur, including (but not limited to) cause and effect.
•Animals can be sensitive to different signals in the environment, such as cause and effect, but
this does not mean they what? - correct answer ✔✔understand the relation between cause and
effect (or two signals).
Learning is split into two parts during this lecture: - correct answer ✔✔•Pavlovian (classical)
conditioning
•Instrumental conditioning
Classical Conditioning - correct answer ✔✔a learning process that occurs when two stimuli are
repeatedly paired: a response which is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually
elicited by the first stimulus alone.
Who developed the theory of Classical Conditioning? - correct answer ✔✔Ivan Pavlov
Who was Ivan Pavlov? - correct answer ✔✔* Developer of the theory of classical conditioning.
* Physiologist
* Studied the body's secretion of fluids during the digestive process
What did Ivan Pavlov do that helped him develop his theory of Classical conditioning? - correct
answer ✔✔•Presented dried meat to dogs and collected saliva
•Lab assistant in white coat would place food in dogs' mouth and collect saliva
•Dog started salivation when lab assistant entered the room
•No food
, •"psychic secretions"
•Had to do with psychological rather than physical stimulus
What are the 4 critical components to Ivan's dog experiment which helped him develop his
theory of classical conditioning? - correct answer ✔✔1) A stimulus that already produces a
response
-This is called the unconditioned stimulus (dried dog food)
2) The response to this stimulus
-This is called the unconditioned response (salivation)
3) Some other stimulus that initially did not produce a response, but after time and pairing with
the unconditioned stimulus (dried dog food), came to elicit a response
-This is called the conditioned stimulus (assistant with white lab coat)
4) The response to the conditioned stimulus
-This is called the conditioned response (salivation)
Stimulus: - correct answer ✔✔•Any event or object in the environment to which an organism
responds
Unconditioned stimulus (UCS): - correct answer ✔✔-A stimulus that evokes an unconditioned
response without previous conditioning.
•food
Unconditioned response (UCR): - correct answer ✔✔-An unlearned reaction (inborn, automatic)
to an unconditioned stimulus that occurs without previous conditioning
•Salivation
Conditioned Stimulus (CS): - correct answer ✔✔-A previously neutral stimulus that has, through
conditioning, acquired the capacity to evoke a conditioned response.
Associative learning (aka conditioning): - correct answer ✔✔-An animal's ability to predict when
and where significant events will occur, including (but not limited to) cause and effect.
•Animals can be sensitive to different signals in the environment, such as cause and effect, but
this does not mean they what? - correct answer ✔✔understand the relation between cause and
effect (or two signals).
Learning is split into two parts during this lecture: - correct answer ✔✔•Pavlovian (classical)
conditioning
•Instrumental conditioning
Classical Conditioning - correct answer ✔✔a learning process that occurs when two stimuli are
repeatedly paired: a response which is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually
elicited by the first stimulus alone.
Who developed the theory of Classical Conditioning? - correct answer ✔✔Ivan Pavlov
Who was Ivan Pavlov? - correct answer ✔✔* Developer of the theory of classical conditioning.
* Physiologist
* Studied the body's secretion of fluids during the digestive process
What did Ivan Pavlov do that helped him develop his theory of Classical conditioning? - correct
answer ✔✔•Presented dried meat to dogs and collected saliva
•Lab assistant in white coat would place food in dogs' mouth and collect saliva
•Dog started salivation when lab assistant entered the room
•No food
, •"psychic secretions"
•Had to do with psychological rather than physical stimulus
What are the 4 critical components to Ivan's dog experiment which helped him develop his
theory of classical conditioning? - correct answer ✔✔1) A stimulus that already produces a
response
-This is called the unconditioned stimulus (dried dog food)
2) The response to this stimulus
-This is called the unconditioned response (salivation)
3) Some other stimulus that initially did not produce a response, but after time and pairing with
the unconditioned stimulus (dried dog food), came to elicit a response
-This is called the conditioned stimulus (assistant with white lab coat)
4) The response to the conditioned stimulus
-This is called the conditioned response (salivation)
Stimulus: - correct answer ✔✔•Any event or object in the environment to which an organism
responds
Unconditioned stimulus (UCS): - correct answer ✔✔-A stimulus that evokes an unconditioned
response without previous conditioning.
•food
Unconditioned response (UCR): - correct answer ✔✔-An unlearned reaction (inborn, automatic)
to an unconditioned stimulus that occurs without previous conditioning
•Salivation
Conditioned Stimulus (CS): - correct answer ✔✔-A previously neutral stimulus that has, through
conditioning, acquired the capacity to evoke a conditioned response.
