 Lesson 4: Pavlovian Conditioning ( II )

 Dr. Javier Bandrés

Main Conditioning Phenomena

 Main Conditioning Phenomena

Acquisition Phase: The period in the learning process when an individual is learning a new
behavior.

Procedure: CS – US contingency

 Acquisition

 Extinction

Extinction of a conditioned response :

when the conditioned stimulus does not elicit the conditioned response because the
unconditioned stimulus no longer follows the conditioned stimulus

Procedure: CS – no Us

Conditioned Inhibition:

Learning that a CS signals the absence of the US

A conditioned stimulus prevents the occurrence of a conditioned response

 Pavlovian procedure

 A – US

 (AX) – no US

 TEST: X

 Tests for CS -

 Summation

(CS+ CS-) (Experimental Group)

CS + (Control Group)

(CS +) > (CS+ CS-) ?


CS pre-exposure effect

Exposure to the CS prior to conditioning interferes with excitatory conditioning when the CS
and UCS are paired
  CS preexposure effect

 CS --

 CS --

 CS --

 CS --

 CS – US CS – US

Test

 CS CS


US pre-exposure effect

Exposure to the US prior to conditioning interferes with excitatory conditioning when the CS
and UCS are paired

 US preexposure effect

 US --

 US --

 US --

 US --

 CS – US CS – US

Test

CS CS

Conditioning without CS-US pairings ?

Higher Order Conditioning

The strength of a CR acquired through higher-order conditioning is weaker than that

developed through first-order conditioning

 Higher Order Conditioning: A conditioned response is transferred from one stimulus

to another by pairing a neutral stimulus with a previously conditioned stimulus.

 Generalization: The transfer of a learned response from one stimulus to another,

similar stimulus.
  Discrimination: Learning to respond to one stimulus but not to another, similar
stimulus.

 A stimulus generalization gradient

 Generalization and discrimination

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