4.1

Classical Conditioning

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What is classical conditioning?

Pavlov's experiment

The key terms

How to identify them

Key processes in classical conditioning

Acquisition

Extinction

Spontaneous recovery

Stimulus generalization

Stimulus discrimination

Higher-order (second-order) conditioning

Famous classical conditioning experiments

Little Albert (Watson & Rayner, 1920)

Taste aversion (Garcia and Koelling)

Classical conditioning in everyday life

Biological constraints on conditioning

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