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Human LearningTopic 3: Part 1 Respondent Conditioning Basics

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Cause and Effect

Relations in the world

Shoes off at airports

Seattle and rain

Snow and cold

Classical Conditioning

Teaches us some of these

Most simple form of learning about these relations

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Pavlov

Was studying gastric secretions

Dogs produced these at times not predicted

Called these psychic secretions

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The components

Unconditional Stimulus

Loud noise

Conditional Stimulus

light

Unconditional Response

Startle response

Conditional Response

Startle response

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Furry White Objects

Watson and Little Albert

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Sign Tracking

Autoshaping

Critters will approach and contact stimuli that predict food

Lit key but no connection to food

Pigeons will peck the key

Novel wood block opposite female quail

Quail will approach the block

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Taste Aversions

Illness = US

Tasty food = CS

Very important evolutionarily

Very easy to develop

Chemotherapy

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Credits

www.sxc.hu

Airport sign: vincitrice

Rabbit: donzeladef

Hammer: nighthawk7

Baby: 04evil

Fish Sign: thadz

Tequila: migfresno

Drooling dog: www.picturesdepot.com