Daisy Perez
Psy150-19
Guided Notes: Learning
Have these handy as you watch the video lectures and read your textbook. As
you work through the information, answer each question/item fully. All details
are important because these are a study guide for you.
1. What are three major types of learning?
*Learning through association-Classical Conditioning
*Learning through consequences-Operant Conditioning
*Learning though observation-Modeling/Observational Learning
2. Describe Pavlov’s classic experiment. Label the following in your description:
a. Unconditioned Stimulus (US):A stimulus that elicits an unlearned response
b. Unconditioned Response (UR): An unlearned response to a stimulus
c. Conditioned Stimulus (CS): A previously neutral stimulus that comes to elicit
a conditioned response after it has been paired with an unconditioned
stimulus
d. Conditioned Response (CR): An acquired or learned response to a
conditioned stimulus
e. Neutral Stimulus (NS): A stimulus that before conditioning does not produce
a particular response
3. Describe how extinction works in classical conditioning.
