PSY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Dream Interpretation, Behaviorism, Operant Conditioning

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 102
• Professor: Stephen Want

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Unconditioned stimulus: stimulus that creates a response without prior conditioning (e. g. , food). Unconditioned response: automatic response to an unconditioned stimulus (e. g. , salivation). Any response from the sympathetic ns- ie: fear. Pavlov began with a neutral stimulus: one that did not elicit any response. Example: metronome in normal life, there is no response to metronome. He then paired this stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus (e. g. , food). When the unconditioned stimulus is presented with the neutral stimulus, it results in the conditioned response = salivation. Pavlov repeatedly paired the neutral stimulus with the unconditioned stimulus. Then, he just presented the unconditioned stimulus- which created a response! Conditioned response: response elicited by a previously neutral stimulus as a result of conditioning. Conditioned stimulus: initially the neutral stimulus, however after conditioning, elicits a conditioned response. Watch the following video and try to identify the components of classical conditioning: https://vimeo. com/212581306. Acquisition: learning phase in which the cs is established.