1. Pages 210-214 By Curtis Olsen and Cory Szakal
CLASSIC CONDITIONING
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By Curtis Olsen and Cory Szakal

2. Learning: a relatively permanent change in behavior, knowledge, capability, and attitude

3. The 6 Principles of Classical Conditioning
The 6 principles of Classical Conditioning are:
Acquisition
Stimulus Generalization
Stimulus Discrimination
Extinction
Spontaneous Recovery
And High-Order Conditioning.

4. Acquisition
Neutral stimulus (NS) and unconditioned stimulus (UCS) are paired.
Neutral stimulus (NS) turns into a conditioned stimulus (CS) causing a conditioned response (CR).
Example: Being scared (CR) to go to the dentist (CS) by connecting it with a painful tooth-pulling (UCS).

5. Conditioning
Delayed conditioning: The neutral stimulus is shown before the unconditioned stimulus and stays until the unconditioned response starts, and yields the fastest learning.
Backward conditioning: The unconditioned stimulus is shown before neutral stimulus. This is less effective.

6. Conditioning Continued
Forward conditioning: Occurs when the neutral stimulus appears just before and during the presentation of the unconditioned stimulus.
Trace conditioning: Relies on memory - it is when the presentation of the neutral stimulus ceases before the arrival of the unconditioned stimulus.

7. Stimulus Generalization
A conditioned response (CR) is brought out by conditioned stimulus (CS) and by stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus (CS).
Example: You learn to fear the dentists’ office and places that smell like them.

8. Stimulus Discrimination
Certain stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus don’t bring out the conditioned response.
Example: You learn the physician’s office isn’t connected to the painful tooth-pulling.

9. Extinction
Conditioned stimulus is presented alone, without the unconditioned stimulus. Eventually the conditioned stimulus no longer brings out the conditioned response.
Example: You go back to the dentist for a check-up, with no pain or tooth-pulling, and your fear slowly disappears.

10. Spontaneous Recovery
Sudden reappearance of a conditioned response that was previously gone.
Example: While watching a movie depicting a dentist performing oral surgery, your fear temporarily returns suddenly.

11. High-Order Conditioning
Neutral stimulus becomes conditioned stimulus after being paired with previous conditioned stimulus repeatedly.
Example: When you crave fast-food after seeing a billboard advertisement.