notes (psychology - #1) ↴

+ fall 2023 ; sem. 1

classical conditioning:

• US - unconditioned stimulus
• NS - neutral stimulus
• CS - conditioned stimulus
• CR - conditioned response

responses to classical conditioning:

• discriminate – excluding other stim to a response, only initial conditioned stimulus will evoke a response
• generalize – expanding response from just the original CS
• extinction - stopping the action of conditioning
• spontaneous recovery - after extinction, you expose the participant to the stimulus again

additional info:

• fetishes are an example of classical conditioning
• fears are as well
• when emotions are high the conditioning effect will be more potent
• conditioned tolerance (ex. heroin)
• the body/brain constantly works for homeostasis
• this preemptive response can become conditioned to context
• settings/places can also evoke bodily functions to help protect their body, even if no drugs are being taken in (yet)
• overdoses can happen due to the drug being taken in another setting because the body isn’t conditioned in that area