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Bellringer: 3A Classical
Conditioning
What is Learning?
“I think Mom’s using the
can opener.”
• A change in mental state and
behavior of the learner.
• Seen through observation.
• Results from experience
(repetition).
• Can be applied or transferred
to a new situation.
• All 5 senses contribute to
learning.
How do we learn?
• Anything we were born knowing how to do
is NOT a result of learning
– Example: A baby crying
• Learning is achieved through
EXPERIENCE.
– Example: A baby walking
How Do we Learn?
• Trying things by ourselves
• Watching others
• Reading books
• ASSOCIATION
– Example: Tell me what comes to mind,
emotions specifically, when you see the
following picture….
Tell me what
comes to
mind,
emotions
specifically,
when you see
this picture?
What comes to mind when you hear this sound?
Association
• Stimulus- something that produces a
reaction
• Reaction- response
• Result in pairing a stimulus and
response= association
• Conditioning- learning through the pairing
of different stimuli
Classical Conditioning
• Ivan Pavlov was a Russian scientist who studied how
dogs responded to certain stimuli.
– Can we get the dog to salivate at the anticipation of
food?
– Can we get the dog to respond to a neutral stimulus?
• Pavlov’s research on learning leads to the theory of
classical conditioning.
PAVLOV EXPERIMENT
Directions:
• Dab finger in powder mix and place on
tongue.
• Anytime I say the word “Pavlov,” you will
put some tang on your tongue. Just lick
your finger and dab it in the powder, and
place on your tongue.
• After the story has been read, see how
your mouth reacts to the word Pavlov one
last time WITHOUT the powder.
Classical Conditioning
The basic idea:
• Stimulus(event in
environment) elicits
response.
•SR
Example:
When the bell
rings, the students
leave!
Alphabet Soup…
• Unconditioned stimulus (UCS): stimulus
that causes a response that is automatic,
not learned.
• For example, you naturally startle if you
hear an unexpected loud noise, like a
firecracker. The firecracker would be the
UCS.
Alphabet Soup…
• Unconditioned response (UCR): is the
response that occurs naturally after the
UCS.
• So, if you heard a firecracker, the UCR
would be you being startled.
Alphabet Soup…
• Neutral stimulus (NS): is a stimulus that
produces no specific response other than
focusing attention.
• For example, the announcement bell gets
your attention, but it doesn’t really make
you stop talking.
Alphabet Soup…
• Conditioned Response (CR): is a learned
response to a stimulus that was
previously neutral, or meaningless.
• If you do track and field, you learn to
expect a gun going off to start the race.
The CR in this example would be you
running.
Alphabet Soup…
• Conditioned Stimulus (CS): is a learned
stimulus.
• So, with the track and field example, the
gun would be the CS.
Pavlov’s Dogs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhqumfpxuzI
Classical Conditioning in TV
While watching the tv
clip determine the
• Unconditioned
Stimulus
• Unconditioned
response
• Conditioned Stimulus
• Conditioned
Response
Common Conditioned
Responses
UCS
UCR
CS
CR
Drill
Tension
Dentist/sound of drill
Tension
Catchy jingle or
slogan
Favorable feeling
Product
Favorable feeling
Speeding ticket
Distress
Flashing police car
lights
Distress
Exit Slip
• Classical Conditioning Worksheet
• Write a situation where you learned
through classical conditioning
Alphabet
Soup…
• The letters you need to know are....
• Unconditioned stimulus (UCS)
• Unconditioned response (UCR)
• Neutral stimulus (NS)
• Conditioned stimulus (CS)
• Conditioned response (CR)
Classical Conditioning and Little Albert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FKZAYt77ZM
• Your task is to create a “storyboard”using the
research conducted by John B. Watson (p.249)
and put it on a white piece of paper
• The idea is that you illustrate/explain the
experiment and include the following
terminology (model after Pavlov story on p.243)
• unconditioned stimulus
• unconditioned response
• neutral stimulus
• conditioned stimulus
• conditioned response