Classical conditioning definition Importance and application of classical conditioning

1. Prof Jigyasa Thakur
Delivering for:
School of Social Sciences, Renaissance University,
Indore, M.P.

4. Should know before CC:
• Learning ?
• Stimulus?
• Conditioning?
• Stimulus – Response?
• Unconditioned Stimulus, Unconditioned Response and Conditioned
Stimulus, Conditioned reponse?

5. Outcome: Becomes habit
Conditioning:

6. Stimulus:
Anything which elicits a sensory/behavioral response or influences the response.

7. Today’s discussion:
• What is classical conditioning?
• Nature and process of classical conditioning?
• Factors affecting classical conditioning?
• Why its important?
• Applications?

8. Concept:
• Unconditioned stimulus -> Unconditioned response.
(All natural responses)
• Unconditioned stimulus + New stimulus -> Unconditioned response.
(All natural response but with presence of new stimulus)
• New stimulus -> Unconditioned response.
(Unconscious process of accepting New stimulus, and substituting it
with Unconditioned (original) stimulus)

9. Concept Explained:
Unconditioned stimulus -> Unconditioned response.
(All natural responses)

10. Concept Explained:
Unconditioned stimulus + New stimulus -> Unconditioned response.
(All natural response but with presence of new stimulus)

11. Concept Explained:
New stimulus -> Unconditioned response.
(Unconscious process of accepting New stimulus, and substituting it
with Unconditioned (original) stimulus)

13. Factors:
• Acquisition:
• Extinction:
• Spontaneous Recovery:
• Stimulus: Generalization & Discrimination:

15. Determinants of classical condition:

16. Importance & Application:
• Emotional responses.
• Advertising.
• Education: learning
• Pharma/Medical: Drug response
• Clinical settings: Behavior modification, Addiction, drive
management, PTSD, Phobias, general fears.

17. Exam POV and additional study:
• Known as S-S Bond theory, Pavlovian theory, Learning by association,
Conditioning by substitution.
• Extra study: Types of unconditioned stimulus – Appetitive US &
Aversive US. Laws of selection of Stimulus for conditioning. Further
more schedules (determinants) like higher order, second substitution.
• History and basic details for experiment, dates, full name of
experimenter.
• Definitions of terms & Diagrammatic representations.