PSY 150A1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Classical Conditioning, Pikachu, Conditioned Taste Aversion

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Psychology Main
• Course: PSY 150A1
• Professor: Adam Lazarewicz

Document Summary

Learning: lasting change in thought and behavior due to experience. Adaptable, can change the way we think and act based on experiences. Dogs freaking out when they see a collar) 2 types of conditioning: mind: classical conditioning, operant conditioning- different way of making associations in our classical conditioning: stimulus a causes an automatic reflexive response. As soon as a dog see"s a leash, they automatically get excited. In time, stimulus be produces same response without stimulus a. Dogs salivated at sight of food dish, person who brought food etc Dogs began studying and learning when they"re getting food, who feeds them Extinction: eliminating cr (salivation to tone) by repeatedly presenting cs (tone) without us (food) No longer giving food when ringing bell. Dog will eventually stop associating ring with food. Extinction= not forgetting, new learning spontaneous recovery: reappearance, after a pause, of extinct cr. Don"t need to re-pair the two things. Dog will go back to associated ringing with food.