NAME: Learning Essay Question. A small girl visited the Science Center to view a
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NAME: Learning Essay Question. A small girl visited the Science Center to view a tarantula, and as she did so, her brother screamed in her ear and pinched her. A few days later, her brother did the same thing when she viewed a tarantula at a zoo exhibit. Now the young girl is terrified of tarantulas. Briefly explain the learning that took place. Review the US, UR, CS, and CR. Include the following terms in your discussion, and predict the path that the girl's learning may eventually take: acquisition, generalization, discrimination, extinction, and spontaneous recoveryExplanation / Answer
Classical Conditioning is a type of associative learning. A stimulus is associated with a response. There are four major elements of classical conditioning. An Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS), is a stimulus which produces a response without any kind of prior learning. An Unconditioned Response (USR), is an automatic response which is unlearned and is elicited on presentation of unconditioned stimulus. Conditioned Stimulus (CS) in classical conditioning is previously a neutral stimulus that eventually elicits the Conditioned Response(CR) after being paired with the Unconditioned Stimulus (US).
In the above scenario, tarantula is the unconditioned stimulus. It was a neutral stimulus until it was paired with her brother's screams. The unconditioned response is fear which is an automatic response which is not learned and is elicited on presentation of unconditioned stimulus. Tarantula which was earlier a neutral stimulus when paired with her brother's screams elicited a response which is fear. Fear is the conditioned stimulus and conditioned response is the girl fearing every time she is exposed to tarantulas.
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