Psychology 9-1 Guided Reading

How can humans benefit from classical conditioning?

Helps us create good habits, learn boundaries, and allows us to predict what will happen

What types of human behavior can be classically conditioned?

Taste aversions, fears, tensions, and favorable feelings

How are the strongest associations between the conditioned stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus formed?

When the conditioned stimulus is presented just before the unconditioned stimulus

How can the conditioned response become extinct?

When you continuously present the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus

How is a conditioned response learning?

by paring a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus

What process allows a second stimulus to cause the same response as the originally conditioned stimulus?

generalization

How is a conditioned response acquired?

gradually over time

What response is caused by a neutral stimulus?

no response

A reflex is an example of what type of response

unconditioned response