PSY 607 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Operant Conditioning, Nicotine, Stimulant
17 Apr 2016
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The drug opposite response to a drug will occur automatically but also can be conditioned if the drug is used constantly in the same environment. Applying learning principles to treat addiction does not really work. Behaviorists do not even talk about mental processes because they do not acknowledge it to be important. Cognitive = mental processes (e. g. memory, attitudes, beliefs that all impact behaviour) learned directly. Social = learned through observation of other people (e. g. modeling ) The use of drugs/alcohol is learned directly or through observation. Learning takes the form of expectancies stored in memory. Expectancies = mental if then statements (e. g. if the sky is cloudy, then it will rain soon) *impacts/changes behavior taking umbrellas to work the event doesn"t even need to happen actually. We know/expect how drugs will affect us even if the drug effects don"t actually occur (e. g. placebos) Research on 6th-grade children in u. s. asked them alcohol makes a person_____ .
