Pavlovian conditioning
Learned automatic responses
Pavlovian conditioning is a learning process where a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a natural response through repeated pairing.
Named for Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov, who famously trained dogs to salivate at a bell by ringing it before feeding them.
The term extends to any automatic response triggered by association: The smell of sunscreen is Pavlovian conditioning—it immediately makes me think of summer.
What prompts a reaction
- responseAnswer to stimulus
- associationGroup with shared aim
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
generalization · discrimination · contiguity · reinforcement
Mouth producing digestive fluid
- bellHollow resonating instrument
- metronomeAdjustable beat-marking device
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- measurementDetermining size or amount
Complete vanishing of a species
- generalizationDeriving principles from examples
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- overshadowingDominating by comparison
Reduced response over time
- advertisingPaid promotional communication
- counterconditioningReplacing conditioned response therapeutically
- exposure therapyAnxiety treatment through confrontation
- addiction treatmentCare for compulsive dependencies
stimulus
What prompts a reaction
- responseAnswer to stimulus
- associationGroup with shared aim
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
extinction · generalization · discrimination · contiguity · reinforcement
salivation
Mouth producing digestive fluid
- bellHollow resonating instrument
- metronomeAdjustable beat-marking device
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
measurement · trial · pairing · tone · tuning fork · harness · fistula
extinction
Complete vanishing of a species
- generalizationDeriving principles from examples
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- blockingImpeding forward progress
desensitization
Reduced response over time
- advertisingPaid promotional communication
- counterconditioningReplacing conditioned response therapeutically
- exposure therapyAnxiety treatment through confrontation
Pavlovian conditioningoperant conditioning
Learning via reinforcement
trial-and-error learning · reinforcement learning · active learning · shaping · cognitive learning
Pavlovian conditioningvoluntary action
Deed done by choice
conscious choice · free will · self-determination · rational choice · metacognition
Pavlovian conditioningrational thought
Logic-based mental process
metacognition · critical thinking · cognitive learning · problem-solving · deductive reasoning
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