Classical Conditioning Module Map | |
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Purpose To simulate the acquisition and extinction of conditioned associations.
Summary The module opens with a review of Pavlov's famous experiment on the salivary response in dogs. Then the basic processes of classical conditioning are described: acquisition of the link between the CS and the UCS, eventually allowing the CS to evoke a CR; the generalization of the response to similar stimuli; discrimination training; and extinction of the CR. Finally, the student acts as experimenter attempting to produce a conditioned eyeblink in a human subject (played by the computer). |
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Introduction Pavlov's experiment Acquisition Extinction Generalization Discrimination |
Experiment simulation Summary References |
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