Vicarious conditioning in classical conditioning

[Transcendent]

Hi,

I'm just wondering how vicarious conditioning occurs using classical conditioning principles. It was a multiple choice question in one of MHS's psych sacs.

Thanks.

[Transcendent]

Oh and also, out of free recall, serial recall and cued recall, how do you arrange them in terms of their sensitivity as a measure or retention?
I was thinking from most sensitive to least sensitive, it would be cued --> free --> serial, since arranging them in order is usually harder.

[sillysmile]

Oh and also, out of free recall, serial recall and cued recall, how do you arrange them in terms of their sensitivity as a measure or retention?
I was thinking from most sensitive to least sensitive, it would be cued --> free --> serial, since arranging them in order is usually harder.

you are correct about the relative sensitivity of these measures of retention.

[xoxogossipgirl]

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Hi,

I'm just wondering how vicarious conditioning occurs using classical conditioning principles. It was a multiple choice question in one of MHS's psych sacs.

Thanks.

what were the multiple choice options? would make it easier to suss out at the answer coz recognition is a more sensitive measure of retention than recall see what i did there?
i can't say i've heard of vicarious conditioning in classical conditioning. was one of the multiple choice responses "it doesn't exist?" lol

[sillysmile]

yes, relearning and recog. are more sensitive then recall, but in regards to recall:
1. cued 2. free 3. serial

[sillysmile]

yeah, what were the multiple choice alternatives?

[xoxogossipgirl]

yes, relearning and recog. are more sensitive then recall, but in regards to recall:
1. cued 2. free 3. serial

yeah i was trying to make a joke unrelated to that question but failed. too many hours of psychology today has killed my brain :-)

[sillysmile]

yes, relearning and recog. are more sensitive then recall, but in regards to recall:
1. cued 2. free 3. serial

yeah i was trying to make a joke unrelated to that question but failed. too many hours of psychology today has killed my brain :-)

haha, I would say that excessive study for biol has killed my brain!! haha...

[Transcendent]

Sorry for such a long time to reply :/

The question was something like 'in which of these can vicarious conditioning occur?'
The answers were (i think):
-operant conditioning
-classical conditioning
-both operant and classical conditioning
-neither operant nor classical conditioning

In the SAC i chose operant conditioning, but the answer was both operant and classical conditioning.

I didn't bother to ask my teacher about it because i might have thought up an example of vicarious conditioning occuring in classical conditioning. But I'll probably be going to school on monday to ask my psych teacher a few questions so i should go ask her that.

And on another note (again), is the partial schedule of reinforcement most resistant to extinction variable ratio or variable interval? My teacher personally says that it's variable ratio (she got a 49 in psych too when she did it) but there's been alot of controversy over the two so i'm unsure of which one to use...

[jinny1]

Vicarious classical conditioning occurs when an individual, having observed another person, copies their reaction to a specific stimulus..

e.g. Pavlov's Dog's girlfriend may also salivate to the bell having observed his boyfriend salivating to the bell and receiving a yummy treat...

BAM!

And on another note (again), is the partial schedule of reinforcement most resistant to extinction variable ratio or variable interval? My teacher personally says that it's variable ratio (she got a 49 in psych too when she did it) but there's been alot of controversy over the two so i'm unsure of which one to use...

I'm 99.99999% sure they wont directly ask you that on the exam, imo i would go variable ratio just because wiki and my A+ book tells me soo....

[Transcendent]

ooh okay
thanks for your example on vicarious conditioning! although just to be safe i think i'll clarify it with my teacher

[sillysmile]

ooh okay
thanks for your example on vicarious conditioning! although just to be safe i think i'll clarify it with my teacher

yeah variable ratio
and yes classical conditioning can be vicariously obtained via observation of a model's classical conditioning.