PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Classical Conditioning, Reinforcement
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Learning a permanent change in behavior knowledge capability or attitude. Kind of learning where people associate cues with events through contingencies. Powerful effect on emotional responses, how we behave; etc. Stimulus 1 is presented, and then another stimulus was presented, there was a formed contingency between the two. Was previously neutral and is paired with the us to produced a learned contingency. Must be learned sight of the lemon. A response elicited by the contingency between the cs. Must be learned - puckering of the mouth, excess salivation. Take the learned response and gets applied to things that are similar. Don"t get bitten by other dogs, ( have better experience with other dogs) Therefore generalization gradient decreases because you are only discriminating one kind of dog instead of all dogs. Predeicts presence of situation ex. , dog biting you. Predicts the absence of situation ex. , dog not biting you. Ur salivation in preparation for the tuna, feelings of happiness, or meowing.
