PSYC 2330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Robert A. Rescorla, Tequila, Alcohol And Health

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2330
• Professor: Julia Wreford

Document Summary

Shake cat treat bag and cat gets excited. Pavlovian/classical condiioning, s-s* learning (* means it is biologically signiicant) Signal (s) signiicant event (s*) Signal of bell became associated with biologically signiicant event of receiving food. Helpful hint: us -> ur, us gets paired with cs, cs -> cr. It is cogniive condiioning, you don"t have to do anything, it just happens. Cs-us = condiioned excitaion; the cs is an exciter (cs+) Cs-no us = condiioned inhibiion; the cs is and inhibitor (cs-: diferenial inhibiion procedure (1 exciter and 1 inhibitor) *cs2 (light) becomes inhibitory: condiioned inhibiion procedure. Cs1 (tone) & cs2 (light) -> no us (food) *learning occurs best in the context of surprise. Condiioned inhibiion can be tested by two test procedures: summaion test: cs (buzzer) + cs2 (light) = no cr to cs (buzzer) If an inhibitor has been made it would be hard to change it into an exciter.