What roles might Classical Conditioning Play in Human Behaviour” Classical Conditioning(CC) is where a person or animal learns to associate two stimuli in terms that one stimulus comes
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PSYCHOLOGY TUTORIAL 1 ESSAY ANSWER ANDREW ROBINSON 200525130 "What roles might Classical Conditioning Play in Human Behaviour" Classical Conditioning(CC) is where a person or animal learns to associate two stimuli in terms that one stimulus comes to elicit a response that was "originally was elicited by the other stimulus" (Passer, Psychology, The Science of Mind and Behaviour, 6th edition, Mcgraw Hill). Before I start to describe the roles in which classical conditioning might play in Human Behaviour key terms must be defined. An Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS) is where the stimulus has a biological relevance to the animal/human. There is no stimulus/response with it as it is already natural to the animal. An Unconditioned Response (UCR) are inbuilt reflexes. A Conditioned Stimulus (CS) is something that proceeds an unconditioned Stimulus by a short interval as to create an association for a stimulus/response. A Conditioned Response (CR) is like an unconditioned response but is not as strong and can...

