PSYC1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Organism, Cochlea, Saccule
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Lecture 9 learning in psychology and an introduction to sensation and perception (sound) Behaviour theory: response to a stimulus due to environment. Habituation and sensitisation: respond less (h)/more (s) strongly to repeated stimuli over time. Learning associations between stimuli: slightly more complex form of behaviour learning, original stimulus > original response, new stimulus > response (same?) Ivan pavlov: psychic reflex, experiment, measures salivation of dog, classical conditioning, dogs salivating before food was presented to them, psychic reflex. If bell is not paired with food, dog will salivate less and less until it does not salivate to the bell at all: spontaneous recovery. If bell is not rung for a period of time, dog may salivate when it rings again. Properties of stimulus: generalisation, when stimuli that are similar to cs elicits the cr, dog demonstrated cr to tones similar to cs, discrimination, showing a weaker cs.
