Overview
Classical conditioning is a fundamental concept in psychology that explains how associations between stimuli can lead to learned behaviors. It was first demonstrated by Ivan Pavlov, who showed that dogs could learn to associate a neutral stimulus, like a bell, with food, resulting in a conditioned r...
Key Terms
Example: Food is an unconditioned stimulus that causes salivation in dogs.
Example: A bell that rings before food is presented becomes a conditioned stimulus.
Example: Salivation in response to food.
Example: Salivation in response to the bell after conditioning.
Example: If the bell is rung without food, the dog will eventually stop salivating.
Example: After a break, the dog may salivate again at the sound of the bell.
Related Topics
Operant Conditioning
A learning process where behavior is controlled by consequences, such as rewards or punishments.
intermediateBehaviorism
A theory of learning based on the idea that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning.
intermediateCognitive Learning Theory
A theory that emphasizes the role of mental processes in understanding how people learn.
advancedKey Concepts
Unconditioned StimulusConditioned StimulusUnconditioned ResponseConditioned Response