1. What was important about the study of classical conditioning according to Pavlov?

2. Understand Pavlov's analysis of the course of the conditioning process and the 3 conclusions that followed from this analysis.

3. Understand Rescorla's experiments and be able to differentiate between contiguity and contingency descriptions of a situation, using both event diagrams and verbal descriptions.  Be able to compare Pavlov vs Rescorla's analysis of what makes a stimulus a good CS.

4. Understand Kamin's blocking experiment, and how this effect was interpreted to produce a new description of the nature of the conditioning process.  Be able to compare Pavlov vs. Kamin's analysis of what make a stimulus a good UCS.

5. Be able to define the terms in the Rescorla-Wagner model, and the relation of those terms to traditional conditioning terminology.

6. Be able to compute the results for a short series of trials according to the Rescorla-Wagner model.

7. Review the Rescorla-Wagner simulations we did in class, and be able to connect simulation results with general interpretations of conditioning effects.

8. Understand Solomon's "opponent process" model. What is "affective contrast" and "affective dynamics"? What controls the "a-process" and the "b-process" and why do they change differently over time?

9. Understand Siegel's analysis of the classical conditioning effects in short and long-term heroin use. How does he explain tolerance, craving, and withdrawal effects?

10. Be able to apply Pavlov's, Siegel's, Kamin's, and Rescorla's analysis of classical conditioning to concrete situations.