Cards (7)

  • how is behaviour learned according to conditioning?
    through association where an unconditioned stimulus becomes associated with a neutral stimulus
  • same response learnt to both, this is classical conditioning
  • what does aversion therapy use the principles of classical conditioning for?
    to cause a patient to reduce/avoid an undesirable behaviour pattern (e.g. alcoholism)
  • how could a person become addicted to alcohol?
    through classical conditioning
  • why can alcoholism be learned through classical conditioning?
    may associate drinking alcohol with pleasurable feelings
  • what is the aim of aversion therapy?
    condition a patient to associate alcohol with an unpleasant/aversive stimulus (e.g. feeling sick)
  • what does the aim being met lead to?
    suppression of the undesirable behaviour