PSYC 213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Fear Conditioning, Operant Conditioning, Amygdala
3 Mar 2017
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Little albert experiment child learned to fear white rat (cs) because it was associated with a loud noise fear generalized to other furry animals real world examples of classical conditioning involve phobias and addictions. Phobia fear conditioning and is an acquired fear out of proportion to the real threat. Therapies counterconditioning replace unwanted to response (i. e. fear/stress) with an wanted/desirable response (i. e. relaxation, positive mood) The cocaine-related videos sparked activation in brain regions associated with reward, such as the anterior cingulate and the amygdala. How does operant conditioning differ from classical conditioning? classical conditioning passive associational process that does not take into account when organisms engage in instrumental behavior (to achieve some purpose) Both reinforcement and punishment can be +/- reinforcement increases the probability of a behavior occurring in the future. Punishment decreases the probability of a behavior occurring in the future. Positive means adding a stimulus after a behavior. Negative means taking away a stimulus after a behavior.
