Educational Psychology: Classical Conditioning

Stimulus is

• event that activates behaviour

• observable reaction to a stimulus

• association of two events because of repeated pairing

Neutral stimulus is

• stimulus not connected to a response

• stimulus that automatically produces an emotional or physiological response

• naturally occurring emotional or physiological response

• stimulus that evokes an emotional or physiological response after conditioning

Unconditioned stimulus is

• stimulus not connected to a response

• stimulus that automatically produces an emotional or physiological response

• naturally occurring emotional or physiological response

• stimulus that evokes an emotional or physiological response after conditioning

Conditioned stimulus is

• stimulus not connected to a response

• stimulus that automatically produces an emotional or physiological response

• naturally occurring emotional or physiological response

• stimulus that evokes an emotional or physiological response after conditioning

Unconditioned response is

• stimulus not connected to a response

• stimulus that automatically produces an emotional or physiological response

• naturally occurring emotional or physiological response

• stimulus that evokes an emotional or physiological response after conditioning

Conditioned response is

• stimulus not connected to a response

• stimulus that automatically produces an emotional or physiological response

• naturally occurring emotional or physiological response

• learned response to a previously neutral stimulus

White coat syndrome describes that people whose blood pressure (an involuntary response) goes up when it is tested in a doctor's office or usually by someone in a white coat.

Blood pressure increase is an example of

• conditioned response

• unconditioned response

• conditioned stimulus

• unconditioned stimulus

White coat syndrome describes that people whose blood pressure (an involuntary response) goes up when it is tested in a doctor's office or usually by someone in a white coat.

Someone in a white coat is an example of

• conditioned response

• unconditioned response

• conditioned stimulus

• unconditioned stimulus

White coat syndrome describes that people whose blood pressure (an involuntary response) goes up when it is tested in a doctor's office or usually by someone in a white coat.

Doctor's office is an example of

• conditioned response

• unconditioned response

• conditioned stimulus

• unconditioned stimulus

Classical conditioning is based on

• the principle of contiguity (whenever two or more sensations occur together often enough, they will be become associated)

• behavior modification principle (systematic application of antecedents and consequences to change behaviour)

• task analysis principle (system for breaking down a task hierarchically into basic skills and subskills)

• positive practice principle (practicing correct responses immediately after errors)