AP PSYCHOLOGY

LEARNING

LEARNING PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following best defines classical conditioning?
A
occurs when an individual’s old response becomes attached to a new stimulus
B
learning that occurs as a result of the consequences of behavior
C
the gradual disappearance of a conditioned response
D
studied salivation responses in dogs
E
conditioned an 11-month-old boy to fear laboratory rats
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Pavlov had identified a fundamental associative learning process called classical conditioning. Classical conditioning refers to learning that occurs when a neutral stimulus (e.g., a tone) becomes associated with a stimulus (e.g., food) that naturally produces a behaviour.

Detailed explanation-2: -Classical Conditioning – when a person’s or animal’s old response becomes attached to a new stimulus.

Detailed explanation-3: -Classical conditioning theory states that behaviors are learned by connecting a neutral stimulus with a positive one, such as Pavlov’s dogs hearing a bell (neutral) and expecting food (positive). The learned behavior is called a conditioned response.

Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following statements best describes classical conditioning? It is a learning process in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with an innately meaningful stimulus and acquires the capacity to elicit a similar response.

Detailed explanation-5: -An unconditioned response is an automatic response to a stimulus. The dogs salivating for food is the unconditioned response in Pavlov’s experiment. A conditioned stimulus is a stimulus that can eventually trigger a conditioned response.

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