The conditioned stimulus

Table of Contents

The conditioned stimulus

A generalization gradient

Discrimination learning

Results of discrimination learning

The nature of the CR

Opponent Process Theory

Applications of SOP

Contiguity vs. contingency

Rescorla and contingency learning

Contiguity or contingency: Rescorla (1968)

Occasion setting and conditioned inhibition

Preparedness and associative bias: Garcia

Stimulus combinations

Rescorla-Wagner theory

Example of Rescorla-Wagner computations

Another example

A learning curve from Rescorla-Wagner theory

Rescorla-Wagner and compound stimuli

Problems with Rescorla-Wagner

Connectionism: A Neural model

Applications of classical conditioning

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