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  1. Jul 1, 1971 · Seligman (1970) suggested that unpre- pared contingencies are learned and extinguish cognitively, i.e., by 316 ~IARTIN E. P. SELI(,NIAN such mechanisms as expectations, intentions, beliefs, or attention, while unprepared associations are learned more primitively or noneognitively.

  2. Sep 1, 2016 · Seligman (1970) suggested that unprepared contingencies are learned and extinguish cognitively, i.e., by such mechanisms as expectations, intentions, beliefs, or attention, while unprepared associations are learned more primitively or noncognitively. Prepared associations may be the blind associations that Pavlov and Thorndike had thought they ...

    • Martin E.P. Seligman
    • 2016
  3. Unlike classical conditioning, which assumes that all associations can be learned equally easily, Prepared Learning suggests that certain fears are more easily acquired and less easily extinguished due to evolutionary pressures.

  4. Aug 22, 2018 · During extinction, repeated presentation of the conditioned stimulus (CS) alone after Pavlovian or classical, threat conditioning (CS–unconditional stimulus (US) pairings) causes attenuation of...

  5. Anxiety disorders are highly prevalent. Fear conditioning and extinction learning in animals often serve as simple models of fear acquisition and exposure therapy of anxiety disorders in humans. This article reviews the empirical and theoretical literature on cognitive processes in fear acquisition, extinction, and exposure therapy.

    • Stefan G. Hofmann
    • 2008
  6. Jan 1, 1976 · It is argued by Seligman and Hager that the laws of learning are influenced by the preparedness of the association. So for example, extinction of prepared learning should proceed slowly. By contrast, unprepared connections should be subject to easier extinction (and of course, slower acquisition).

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  8. May 2, 2013 · Studies of Pavlovian fear conditioning and extinction in rodents and humans suggest that a neural circuit including the hippocampus, amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex is involved in the...

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