PSYO 1021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Aspirin, Headache

• School: Dalhousie University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYO 1021
• Professor: Mac Kinnon Sean

Document Summary

Classical conditioning in rats in the lab: histamine injection & flashing of the light, rats show allergic reaction to just flashing of the light. So, how could a person display an allergic reaction to a fake flower: ucs: smell of roses (rose oil, ucr: allergic response, cs: seeing a real rose (also generalizes to fake roses, cr: allergic response. So, the fake flower is an example of a cs, but also of stimulus generalization. Classical conditioning: behavior changes due to association of two stimuli (cs- Operant conditioning : behavior changes as a result of consequences that follow it (rewards or punishments) Thorndike"s law of effect served as the foundation for operant. Behaviors that produce favorable consequences are more likely to occur (reinforcement) Behaviors that produce unfavorable consequences are less likely to occur (punishment) If an action brings a reward, thorndike believed that action becomes stamped into the mind. Cat escaping from a puzzle box (thorndike, 1898)