Bell Ringer

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Bell Ringer

• Identify UCS, UCR, NS, CS, and CR in the
  following (true) story.
• When Watson began his study, "Little Albert" was
  11 months old. He was described as a remarkably
  calm infant who rarely displayed fear of
  anything. He was not afraid of animals, including
  the white laboratory rat, but he was afraid of
  loud noises.
• Watson decided to use his natural fear response
  to loud noises. Watson created a loud noise by
  striking a large steel pipe with a hammer, just
  behind Albert's head, whenever he saw the lab
  rat.
• After only seven paired presentations of the rat
  and the loud noise, he began to cry and try to
  crawl away as soon as he saw the rat, even though
  the rat was not paired with the loud noise on
  this occasion. Albert had not displayed fear of
  any of these objects prior to the pairing of the
  loud noise with the presentation of the rat.

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Classical Conditioning

• Unconditional stimuli and responses is all about
  reflexes and automatic reactions (ie not
  thinking about consequences).
• A conditional response is a learned reaction.

3
Classical Conditioning

• A college guy spends a summer going down by the
  football field every day wearing a black and
  white striped shirt, scattering birdseed all over
  the field, blowing a whistle, then walking off.
  Fall arrives, and the schools first home game
  starts. The referee walks out and blows his
  whistleand the game has to be delayed half an
  hour waiting for the birds to get off the field.

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Classical Conditioning

• A child waits for her parents to come home. She
  hears the sound of a car pull in to her driveway,
  and then she sees her parents walk in the door
  and gets excited. Eventually, she learns to get
  excited when she hears their car.

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Classical Conditioning

• Jamie was talked into riding a roller coaster
  when she was 12. The ride absolutely terrified
  her. Now whenever she goes to the amusement park,
  she breaks into a cold sweat if she even looks at
  the roller coaster.

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Classical Conditioning

• George was frightened when a barking spaniel
  lunged at the fence as George walked by. The next
  day, when Georges mother started to lead him by
  the house where the spaniel lives, George began
  to tremble.

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Classical Conditioning

• Annas friend loved to take pictures, but his
  camera had a really strong flash. Now shes
  developed a habit of blinking whenever he raises
  the camera.

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DIY Classical Conditioning(30 points)

• Working individually, create six of your own
  examples of classical conditioning scenarios.
• Should be 2-3 sentences.
• Identify the UCS, UCR, NS, CS, and CR.