05/01/14 Learning

• Associative Learning
• Learning that certain events occur together.
• Classical Conditioning
• Ivan Pavlov, tested theory on dogs.
• Unconditioned Stimulus (UCR) the unlearned, naturally occurring response to the UCS.
• Conditioned Response (CR) The learned response to a previously neutral stimulus. 
• Pavlov spent the rest of his life outlining.
• Stages
1. Acquisition- The initial stage of learning.
• The phase where the neutral stimulus is associated with the UCS so that the neutral stimulus comes to elicit the CR (Thus becoming the CS)
2. Extinction- The diminishing of a conditioned response
• Will eventually happen when the UCS does not follow the CS.
3. Spontaneous Recovery
• The reappearance. After a rest period, of n extinguished conditioned response.
4. Generalization
• The tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the CS to elicit similar responses. 
5. Discrimination
• The ability to distinguish between a CS and other stimuli that does not signal UCS.