PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Classical Conditioning, Lightning, Psych
26 Apr 2015
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Introduction to learning: conscious, reflexive learning is vital to the survival of species, ex. A child only needs to touch a hot stove once to earn that glowing, red: ex. A deer learns to avoid humans with metal sticks to avoid being shot: ex. A predator learns to associate specific locations with prey to increase the yield elements cause pain of its hunt: classical conditioning: Instrumental conditioning allows us to associate two related events. : allows us to associate actions and consequences. : when the presentation of one stimulus reliably leads to the: ex. You see lightning before hearing thunder: ex. : the learning of a contingency between a particular signal and a later event that are paired in time and/or space: ex. Seeing images of food causes salivation in humans: ex. an antelope learns to flee when it hears a noise or sudden movements. Terminology: unconditional stimulus (us, any stimulus or event, occurs naturally, prior to learning, ex.
