
A simple form of
learning in which one
stimulus comes to call
forth the response
usually called forth by
another stimulus

Russian physiologist
who became the
“Father of Classical
Conditioning” for his
studies of the gastric
systems and salivary
glands in dogs…
Classical Conditioning

Unconditioned
Stimulus: A stimulus
that causes an
automatic response

Unconditioned
Response: Automatic
response (unlearned)
Conditioned Stimulus:
Previously neutral
stimulus that when
paired with an
unconditioned
stimulus, elicits a
response
 Conditioned
Response: Learned
response to a stimulus
that was neutral


Unconditioned
Stimulus: Meat/Dog
Food


Unconditioned
Response: Dog
Salivates

Conditioned Stimulus:
Bell (paired with meat)
Conditioned
Response:
 Dog salivates
 With a partner (do not get out of
your seats), explain two ways in
which you have been classically
conditioned at school… at
home…
 A learned
avoidance to a
particular food
 Classical
conditioning

When a conditioned
stimulus is no
longer followed by
an unconditioned
stimulus, it will
eventually lose its
ability to bring
about a conditioned
response

Extinguished
responses can
suddenly come
back, a
phenomenon
known as
Spontaneous
Recovery

The act of
responding in the
same way to
stimuli that are
similar , even if
the stimuli are
not identical
 The act of
responding
differently to
stimuli that
are not similar
to each other

A person is
exposed to a
harmless stimulus
(that he or she
may fear) until
fear responses to
that stimulus are
extinguished

Since Flooding can
be traumatic, many
psychologists prefer
Systematic
Desensitization:
people are exposed
to gradual bits of the
stimulus they fear
until they become
desensitized
 A pleasant
stimulus is
paired with a
feared stimulus,
diminishing the
effect of the
feared stimulus
Proven to help those
with bed-wetting
issues
 When child starts to
wet his bed, a loud bell
rings, waking the child
up
 Eventually the child
learns to recognize the
feeling of a full bladder
and wakes on this own
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