Classical Conditioning: Basic Phenomena and Various Complexities
Classical Conditioning: Basic Phenomena and Various Complexities. Chapter 4. Respondent Conditioning. Acquisition Magnitude of CR increases over repeated pairings Asymptote for CR Asymptote for CR function of intensity of US Extinction
Classical Conditioning: Basic Phenomena and Various Complexities
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Classical Conditioning: Basic Phenomena and Various Complexities Chapter 4 Dr. Steven I. Dworkin
Respondent Conditioning • Acquisition • Magnitude of CR increases over repeated pairings • Asymptote for CR • Asymptote for CR function of intensity of US • Extinction • Repeated presentation of CS only results in a decrement of CR Dr. Steven I. Dworkin
Respondent Conditioning • Extinction • Spontaneous Recovery • Increase in CR after extinction after passage of time. • Internal inhibition (Pavlov blocking of CS-CR relationship) • Disinhibition – sudden recovery of a response during an extinction procedure following presentation of a novel stimulus. • CS-CR relationship weakened (Behavioral Analysis). Dr. Steven I. Dworkin
Stimulus Generalization • Stimulus generalization – is the tendency for a CR to occur in the presence of a stimulus that is similar to the CS • Semantic generalization – generalization of a conditioned response to verbal stimuli similar in meaning to CS Dr. Steven I. Dworkin
Generalization • CR occurs to values of CS not trained during acquisition. Salivation (in cc’s) Dr. Steven I. Dworkin
Stimulus Discrimination • Stimulus discrimination – tendency for a response to be elicited by one stimulus and not another. • Discrimination training • Peak Shift • Experimental Neurosis Dr. Steven I. Dworkin
Higher Order Conditioning • Second order conditioning • CS1 paired with US • CS2 paired with CS1 • CS2 CR • Sensory Preconditioning • CS1 paired with CS2 • CS1 paired with US • CS2 CR Dr. Steven I. Dworkin
Limitations to Classical Conditioning • Compound Stimulus – simultaneous presentation of two or more individual stimuli. • Overshadowing – most salient member of a stimulus more readily conditioned as a CS • Blocking – presence of an established CS interferes with the conditioning of a new CS • Latent inhibition – familiar stimulus more difficult to condition as a CS than an unfamiliar stimulus. • schizophrenia Dr. Steven I. Dworkin
Additional Phenomena • Temporal Conditioning – CS is passage of time • Occasion setting – signal signals CS is likely to be followed US • US Revaluation – post conditioning presentation of the US at a different level of intensity thereby altering the strength of the response to the CS • Pseudoconditioning – an elicited response that appears to be a CR is the result of sensitization. • Pseudoconditioning control Dr. Steven I. Dworkin
Applications • Psychological Disorders • Phobias • Overgeneralizations • Neurosis • Treatments • Systematic Desensitization • Extinction of CR to Drug Related CSs Dr. Steven I. Dworkin