Classical Conditioning

Classical Conditioning

• Created by Pavlov
• There is a natural sequence of events (an unconscious, uncontrolled and unlearned relationship
• ex: dog sees food--> salivates

Classical Conditioning Dog example

• Start with 2 things that are already connected to each other, then add in a third multiple times
• The 3rd source will eventually have the power to create the same behavior

Classical Conditioning dog example

• When you add in the bell ringing as a stimulus for the food, the dog then reacts very similarly to how he reacted when it was just the food.
• dog hears bell-->salivates (no food)

Main categories

• uncontrolled stimulus
• uncontrolled repsonse
• uncontrolled relationship
• controlled stimulus
• controlled response

Unconditioned Stimulus

• Something that already evokes a response

Unconditioned Response

• Unconditioned simply means that the stimulus and the response are naturally connected.
• This means that the condition was already connected before anything every started.
• a thing that is already evoked by a stimulus.

Unconditioned Relationship

• an existing stimulus-response connection

Conitioning Stimulus

• a new stimulus we deliver the same time we give the old stimulus.

Conditioned REsponse

• the new stimulus-response relationship we created by associating a new stimulus with an old response.

Lastly, Before we Go

• First, we start with an existing relationship, Unconditioned Stimulus to an Unconditioned Response. Second, we pair a new thing (Conditioning Stimulus) with the existing relationship, until the new thing has the power to elicit the old response.
• Classical conditioning is built on creating relationships by association over trials