PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning
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Module 20: classical conditioning learned associations between things that aren"t naturally associated. Noted that stimuli associated with food elicited salivation. Phobias pathological fear advertising sexual imagery elicits arousal. Module 21: operant conditioning consequences of past behavior affect current behavior reinforcement positive (presenting something desirable) or negative (removing something undesirable) extinction gradual disappearance of a response that is no longer follow by reinforcer. Punishment consequence decreases the probability of a behavior; positing )something undesirable) or negative (removing something desirable independent variables magnitude of reinforcer; interval between behavior and reinforcer (you wait till your dad gets home)