PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Conditioned Taste Aversion, Natural Selection, Contiguity

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Dan Meegan

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Psychology reading notes week 5. Genetic and evolution perspectives on behavior. Chapter 6. 1: classical conditioning: learning by association. Classical conditioning and the brain: Conditioned emotional responses: that develop to specific object or situation. Chapter 6. 2: operant conditioning: learning through consequences. A cr does not occur in response to different cs that resembles the original cs. A different cs that resembles the original cs used during acquisition elicits a cr. A cs is presented without a us until the cr no longer occurs. There is no response to the stimulus that resembles original discriminative stimulus used during learning. Responding occurs to a stimulus that resembles the original discriminative stimulus used during learning. Responding gradually increases if reinforcement is no longer available. Applying punishment: some major side effects. Needs to be sufficient enough for offence to not be committed again. Punishment is most effective when it occurs right after behavior. Punishment should be applied on a constant basis.