Classical conditioning, generalisation and discrimination

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what is generalisability? where similar stimuli’s are reacted to in the same manner as the original stimuli
What is discrimination? stimuli is similar but the organism does not react to the stimuli in the same way as the conditioned one
An example of adaptive generalisation... wasp stings an organism the organism then learns to avoid all black and yellow creatures to avoid being stung again
How is discrimination adaptive? Distinguish friend from of or edible from poisonous (Thomas 1992)
How is generalisation adaptive? protects the organism from stimuli which can be harmful
How is generalisation maladaptive? Creates phobias which create anxiety
Little Albert is an example of discrimination or generalisation? generalisation little Albert generalised not just the rat but everything white and fluffy including a rabbit and Watson's hair
Classical conditioning is what kind of behaviour? reflexive and predicting behavouir
Example of a conditioned response.. Reflexive response such as blinking or salvaging in response to conditioning stimulus
An example of a unconditioned response salvation
Unconditioned stimulus Biologically relevent like food or puff of air
What is the Garcia effect? Garcia, Ervin & Koelling, 1966 rats fed flavoured water, injected with emetic, rats refused water
What is Blocking? Where another stimuli is not associated with the conditioned response as there is already an association.
Give an example of blocking If a CS (tone) fully predicts a US (shock), then nothing will be learned about a second CS (light) that accompanies the first CS
A real life example of disadvantage with generalisability Alcoholics and emetics can generalise to all liquids causing dehydration and death
Generalisability is greater when what? (Balsam 1988) The stimulus is very similar to the conditioned stimulus
What is generalisability measured on? A generalisability gradient
What is stimulus discrimination? When the stimulus has a distinctive feature and the organism only reacts to the specific stimulus
Likelihood of discrimination if.. The more dissimilar the stimulus is to the original CS
Name three examples of classical conditioning in humans. Phobias, fetishes and conditioned taste aversion
What is the function of classical conditioning? Allows the organism to take effective and immediate action
What is associative learning? Another way of saying classical conditioning. It is learning to recognise causal or predictive relationships between significant environmental events
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