PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Sukha, Room Temperature, Physical Attractiveness
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Classical conditioning: unconditioned stimulus (ucs) leads to uncontrolled response (ucr) Cs ----------------------------> cr bell is controlled stimulus. Example: nice meal -----------> pleasant feeling, ronaldo ------------> nothing, ronaldo + nice meal --------> pleasant feeling, ronaldo + nice meal --------> pleasant feeling, ronaldo + nice meal --------> pleasant feeling, ronaldo -----------------------> pleasant feeling. He doesn"t have to be good looking, etc. Every time you go to this restaurant, ronaldo is there. He"s not paying for your food, he"s not making it -- he"s just there. After a while, ronaldo is associated with the pleasant feeling. Participants were given questions, questionnaire about someone who was similar to. Then they were asked who do you like more? . They liked the people who were more similar to them (the 75%) I feel good when i am around him or her : similar people confirm our views = that makes us feel good and those feelings become associated with the person.
