PSYCH 2GG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Dentate Gyrus, Conditioned Taste Aversion, Perforant Path
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Issues with cc explanations of taste aversion: one-trial acquisition (ota, delayed conditioning of taste aversion, selectivity in taste aversion learning. Latent inhibition: a familiar stimulus is more difficult to condition than an unfamiliar stimulus. Superbowl: more likely to know lady gaga from 2017 event vs: varies depending on who you are what"s familiar to you might not be the same as another. As long as the signal has been presented with unconditional stimulus then learning takes place. Evolutionary psychology: history of the species, natural enviro and genetics, in order for psych, behaviour and appearance to be carried over, need to be ingrained through genetics, eg. fear is an instinctual feeling for survival reasons (ingrained within. All individuals of a species vary behaviourally and physiologically: 2. Some of this variation is genetic (heritable) so offspring will tend to resemble their parents more than offspring resemble other unrelated ones: 3.