PSY 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Fear Conditioning, Limbic System, Prefrontal Cortex
16 Nov 2020
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Biological preparedness: biological preparedness: genetic programming to fear specific objects. Prediction errors: prediction error: the difference between the expected and actual outcomes, a positive prediction error strengthens the association between the stimuli, a negative prediction error weakens the association between the stimuli. Role of dopamine: dopamine and prediction error, what biological mechanisms are in effect during such learning, researchers examined how dopamine neurons respond during conditioning, prediction error signals alert us to important events in the environment. Phobias and addictions have learned components: classical conditioning helps explain many behavioral phenomena.
