PSYC 1020H Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Little Albert Experiment, Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement

• School: Trent University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1020H
• Professor: Hugo Lehmann

Document Summary

Relatively permanent change in behaviour due to experience. As a consequence (can strengthen or weaken a behaviour) A stimulus comes to elicit a response . A stimulus that was initially neutral (not pleasant or unpleasant) Because of pairing with stimulus that naturally or already elicits a response unconditioned stimulus. A process in which one stimulus that does not elicit a response is associated with a second stimulus that does. Consequence: first stimulus now elicits a response. Unconditioned stimulus (us): naturally elicits a response. Examples: sharp objects, noise, bright light, car crash. Unconditioned response (ur): response naturally elicited by us, often a reflex. Conditioned stimulus (cs): initially neutral, comes to elicit a response because it is associated with a us. Example: seeing a car the same make and car after being hit by that car and seeing your mother die. Conditioned response (cr): response elicited by cs, typically similar to ur. Classical = pavlovian conditioning (also can be called)