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Classical Conditioning

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AP Psychology Study Guide: Classical Conditioning 🧠🐶

Classical Conditioning

Quick Fact

Classical conditioning is learning through association! It involves pairing a neutral stimulus with a naturally occurring stimulus to create a conditioned response.

Key Concepts and Vocabulary

  • Stimulus: Anything that triggers a response.
  • Response: A reaction to a stimulus.
  • Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS): A stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response. 🍕🍔🤤
  • Unconditioned Response (UCR): The unlearned, naturally occurring response to the unconditioned stimulus. 🤤
  • Neutral Stimulus (NS): A stimulus that initially elicits no specific response. 🔔
  • Conditioned Stimulus (CS): An initially neutral stimulus that, after being repeatedly paired with the UCS, comes to trigger a conditioned response. 🔔
  • Conditioned Response (CR): The learned response to the previously neutral, now conditioned, stimulus. 🤤
  • **Acquisitio...

Question 1 of 10

Classical conditioning involves learning through association. 🎉 Which of the following is the BEST example of a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response?

A bell ringing 🔔

Delicious food 🍕🍔🤤

Salivating to food 🤤

A learned fear 😨