Lecture:

“Conditioned reflexes.
Inhibition of conditioned
reflexes.”

Vinnitsia - 2013
 Reflexes: unconditioned (Sechenov)
and conditioned (Pavlov)
Conditioned reflexes are individual,
temporary reactions, acquired by the
organism as a result of individual
development on the basis of
unconditioned reflexes with participation
of the higher nervous centres.
Ex. Lamp- conditioned stimulus
Food – unconditioned (reinforcement)
Saliva secretion– response reaction
 Difference between the conditioned
and unconditioned reflexes
 Unconditioned  Conditioned
1. Inborn, inherited 1. Acquired as a result of
reactions “life experience”
2. Species-specific 2. Individual
3. Stable 3. Unstable
4. Has definite receptive field 4. Different receptive
5. Can be without brain.cort. field
6. Most of them for all life 5. Need brain cortex
6. Temporary, can
disappear (extinguish)
7. Are built on the basis
of unconditioned reflex
Classification of the conditioned
reflexes
 1. According to Biological importance
 2. According to the effect
 3. According to the receptor field
localization
 4. According to the kind of receptors,
under the action of the conditioned
stimulus
 5. According to feelings
 6. Natural and laboratory (artificial)
 7. Conditioned reflexes to time
 8. Conditioned reflexes of the second and the
third orders
 9. Chain-like conditioned reflexes
 10. Instrumental conditioned reflexes

Instincts
Motivation
 Rules for building of the conditioned
reflexes
1. Combination of conditioned and
unconditioned stimulus
2. Conditioned stimulus should be given 1-5 sec
before
3. Unconditioned stimulus should be stronger
4. Conditioned stimulus should be indifferent
5. Isolated room to prevent outside stimuli
6. The animal should be healthy and active
7. To exclude the stimuli from visceral organs
8. The experiment should take place at the same
time every day
9. Several dozens of combinations should be
done during the experiment
10. At the end of the experiment reinforcment
should be given
11. To know if conditioned reflex has been
formed
The law of the strength (Pavlov)
There is a direct dependence of the intensity of
The conditioned reflex on the strength of the
conditioned stimulus
limitation: transmarginal inhibition
 Dynamic stereotype
Biological importance of conditioned reflexes
Structure and mechanism of the
temporary connection formation
C1- C2 (cortex)
S1 - S2 (subcortex)

C1-S1-S2-C2, S3-S4, S5-S6

Conditioned reflex is a kind of memory
 Long-term memory
Inhibition of conditioned reflexes:
 Unconditioned  Conditioned
(external): (internal):
 External (distraction  Extinction
of attention)  Differentiation
 Transmarginal  Delayed
(protective)  Conditioned
Phases states: inhibitor
1.Paradoxal
2. Ultraparadoxal
3. Equalizing
4. Inhibitory
 Extinction – if conditioned stimulus is not
reinforced by unconditioned for many times
(forgetting)
Differentiation: 900Hz(-), 1000Hz(+) if one of
them is not reinforced
Conditioned inhibitor: lamp(+); lamp,sound(-)
Complex without reinforcment becomes inhibitor

Delay: if reinforcment is later (2 min), response

(saliva) also will be later for 2 min
(patience, self-control)