PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Morphine, Unconditionally, Operant Conditioning
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Basic learning processes are adaptive and flexible to automatically guide behavior. A) because cues signaling the cs are absent. B) because cues signaling the us are absent. C) because cues signaling the ur are absent. Perspectives change the focus of research questions and answers we seek: depending on the paradigm of the question that is being asked, answers may differ. Psychological processes are embedded in biology: coded by neurons in the brain. Your perception of the world is guided by prior experience, biases, and heuristics. You only have access to a limited subset of reality. Ivan pavlov: reflexive responses associate with cues. John watson: prediction and control of behavior, watson forced psychology into this narrow perspective of looking strictly at behaviorism. B. f. skinner: prediction and control of behavior, focused on instrumental conditioning as opposed to classical. Learning about one external stimulus at a time.
