International Series of Monographs in Experimental Psychology, Volume 8: The Genesis of the Classical Conditioned Response presents an introduction to the study of conditioning and conditioned response. This book discusses the stimulus properties that are necessary to conditioning.
Organized into seven chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the effects of stimuli after processing by the nervous system. This text then outlines the extensive nature of response change during conditioning and explains the modifications that occur in the unconditioned response prior to conditioning. Other chapters consider the relevance of the analysis of background activity on the conditioning process. This book discusses as well the stimulus factors that are likely to affect or determine unconditioned response elicitation, the nature of unconditioned response, and associated events such as feedback and arousal effects. The final chapter deals with the unified view of conditioning.
This monograph is a valuable resource for psychologists and physiologists.
Inhalt
Acknowledgments
List Of Abbreviations
Chapter 1. Introduction
Response Change and Learning
What The CR Achieves
Theoretical Problems
Conditioning as a "Strengthening Of Bonds"
Conditionability
Outline of Chapter Contents
Chapter 2. Reflex Sensitivity
UCR Amplitude
CS Reflex Responses
Spontaneous Responses
The Learning-Performance Distinction
Chapter 3. The Unconditioned Response in Conditioning
Factors Affecting UCR Elicitation
Receptor Properties
UCS-UCR Linkages
Constraints Placed on the Subject
Relationship between Instrumental and Autonomic Effects
Afferent Feedback
The Arousal Factor
Cognitive Factors
Chapter 3-(Continued)
Specific Attributes of the Unconditioned Response and Their Changes Over Trials
UCR Direction
UCR Latency
UCR Amplitude
UCR Amplitude Changes
Chapter 4. The Measurement of the Conditioned Response
Identification of the Conditioned Response
The Measurement of Response Characteristics
Composite Measures of Response Topography
The Wider Cr Pattern
Chapter 5. Development of the Conditioned Response during Acquisition
The Learning Curve
Alternative Estimates of Change
The Description of Change
The Efficiency of the Conditioned Response
Changes in Response Form during Acquisition
Effects of Experimental Conditions on Measures of Response Efficiency
Latent Response Development
Chapter 6. Theoretical Implications of CR Analysis
The Learning-Performance Distinction
Measures of Conditioning
Response Latency
Response Amplitude
Response Efficiency
The Concept of Habit Strength
Classical and Instrumental Conditioning
Reinforcement
Stimulus Theories
Response Theories
Central Theories
Chapter 7. A Viewpoint and a Model
Two Kinds of Theories
The Role of Physiological Evidence
The Proposed Model
Stimulus Registration
The Anticipatory Response
CR/UCR Integration
S-S and S-R Integration
Conclusion
Response Strategies
References
Index