PSYCH 1X03 Chapter Notes -Operant Conditioning Chamber, B. F. Skinner, Contiguity
23 Nov 2013
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Example: as a child joe had a fear of being injected with a needle at the doctor"s office. Just the sight of the needle (cs) caused joe to experience fear; in time the sight of the doctor"s office the familiar route there and the word doctor came to create a fear response. Stimulus generalization - the process of applying what has been learned with a particular set of stimuli to a similar response. Example: consider an experiment in which a rat experiences a mild electric shock (us) that is paired with a tone (cs) a particular pitch. When tested the rat will typically show the strongest fear cr to test of the same pitch; will also show a fear cr to tones to similar pitch. Example: a mouse may ignore rustling sounds coming from behind a bush only to be confronted by a cat.
