PSYC36H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Orval Hobart Mowrer, John B. Watson, Ivan Pavlov
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Reward cues signal that a given response will be rewarded. Omission cues signal that a response will lead to the omission of an otherwise expected reward. Single case designs---systematic assessment of problem behaviours or treatment targets across both baseline conditions and conditions in which an intervention or therapeutic contingency is actively implemented: a/b design. Passive avoidance cues signal a response will be punished. Minimal design necessary to determine that meaningful change in the problem behavior has indeed occurred while also being able to rule out at least sone threat to internal validity such as testing, instrumentation, and regression. If the intervention is one that does not produce permanent change, then phase changed can be repeated like an a/b/a design. Ivan petrovich pavlov (1849-1936: physiologist, conditioned reflexes. The notion that learned responses can be extinguished underlies many exposure-based psychotherapy treatments. Tropisms instinctual chains of responses that involved the whole organism responding to environmental stimuli.
