Classical Conditioning Phenomena
Stimulus Generalization
After Little Albert learned to fear a white mouse he also started demonstrating a fear reaction when he saw other white objects such as a white rabbit or a man with a white beard. Which classical conditioning phenomenon is described in this example
Acquisition
Coretta is conditioning her dog Buttons to salivate to the theme song for the television show The Big Bang Theory by playing that song just before feeding Buttons a treat. Coretta makes sure she plays the song every time just before she gives her dog a treat hoping he will learn to make an association between the two events. Which classical conditioning phenomenon is described in this example
Stimulus Discrimination
Dalton experiences an intense thrill whenever he buys a new outfit. After awhile just arriving at the mall makes him feel excited. Eventually, however Dalton only feels excitement when enters Banana Republic, but not any other clothing store. Which classical conditioning phenomenon is being described in the later part of this example
Spontaneous Recovery
Five years after graduating Thurston returns to visit his school and takes a walk out onto the soccer field. To his surprise he finds his heart starts to race a bit. Which classical conditioning phenomenon is described in this example
Stimulus Generalization
Nikki got sick after eating chicken noodle soup and as a consequence feels queasy just looking at chicken noodle soup. However, she has also found that she also feels queasy when looking at any other type soup. Which classical conditioning phenomenon is described in this example
Stimulus Discrimination
Zoey has always experienced anxiety when taking tests and finds herself shaking even if the teacher simply mentions the word 'test'. Interestingly if the teacher mentions that the class will be taking a quiz, she does not feel shaky. Which classical conditioning phenomenon is described in this example
Stimulus Generalization
An aggressive duck at the park startled three-year-old Jill one day, and now she experiences fear whenever she sees ducks. Her parents are concerned because lately Jill has been exhibiting fear reactions to all types of birds, even Big Bird. Which classical conditioning phenomenon is described in this example
Extinction
Playing soccer is thrilling to Thurston and it causes his heart to race. After playing many games on his school soccer field he finds that just visiting the field makes his heart race a bit. After he graduates Thurston visits the field several times but finds that the field no longer makes his heart race. Which classical conditioning phenomenon is described in this example
Extinction
Pavlov trained his dogs to salivate to the sound of a tuning fork, but after numerous presentations of the tuning fork that were not followed by meat powder, the dog stopped salivating to the tuning fork. Which classical conditioning phenomenon is described in this example
Spontaneous Recovery
Whenever Monica's roommate sprayed perfume it caused Monica to sneeze, eventually just looking at her roommate's perfume on the sink made her sneeze. Then for a few weeks her roommate stopped wearing perfume and eventually the sight of the perfume bottle no longer made Monica sneeze. Her roommate went away for several weeks and took her perfume with her, but when her roommate returned and unpacked her perfume, Monica sneezed. Which classical conditioning phenomenon is described in this example
