UCR > CR?

[sisqo1111]

Hi
i just read in the assessment reports that there must be a clear distinction made about the ucr and cr. but my teacher told me there the exact same thing.
could someone please clear this up with an example.
thankyou

[rh]

what they mean is when listing/explaining the UCR and the CR, always mention what caused it. so for pavlov's experiment both the UCR and the CR was salivation. but to get the answer right, you should say the UCR was salivation as a result of the meat powder and the CR was salivation as a result of the bell

(i think)

[melaniej]

OK, the response is pretty much the same, however, the stimulus it is in response to is different.

VCAA 2007 Exam:
Question 7
Marnie is a nurse at a country hospital. Jimmy, an 8-year-old boy, attends the hospital each fortnight for treatment.
On his first visit, Marnie gave him an injection which was very painful. Now he screams when he is approached by a nurse, even if he does not need an injection.
According to the classical conditioning model of learning, identify the
i. unconditioned stimulus
ii. conditioned stimulus
iii. unconditioned response
iv. conditioned response

The answers stated that:
7i. Pain from the needle (pain)
7ii. Approach of nurse (nurse/sight of approaching nurse)
7iii. Fear of pain from injection (scream because of pain)
7iv. Fear of nurse (scream at approach of nurse)

Hence the conditioned response is, well, in response do a different stimulus than the unconditioned response.
The conditioned response is the reaction produced by a stimulus that did not formerly trigger that response, where as the unconditioned response is an automatic response to a stimulus.

Does that make sense?

[sisqo1111]

yeh i think i sorta get it better now
thanks for that

[hancakes]

I was taught the same and had to figure this out by doing exams. As far as I can tell in providing the UCR and the CR you have to clearly show the delineation between them as the SAME response is caused by DIFFERENT things.

For example: in the little Albert experiment,

UCR = fear of the gong/loud noise

CR = fear of the white rat

in both situations the response is fear, but what is causing the fear is different.

[sisqo1111]

yep i get that now. ill be sure to do that tomorrow if they give us a question on it.
as for operational hypothesis! lol i hate them. i hope theres only 1 exp and 1 con group unlike last year where there were 3 groups lol.