PSYC 1000U Lecture 6: Chapter 7 - Learning
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Relatively permanent change in behaviour that occurs through experience. Associative learning: where we make a connection or association between two events. Conditioning: the process where we learn such associations. Observational learning watching what other people do and say. They aren"t necessary for an understanding of human nature. Cat learns to expect food at sound of can opener. Dog learns that the leash means going outside. Child learns to fear the nurse that gives needles. Learning occurs when you recognize that one event predicts another. Before conditioning, food (unconditioned stimulus, us) produces salivation (unconditioned. During conditioning, the neutral stimulus (tone) and the us (food) are paired, resulting in salivation (ur) After conditioning, the neutral stimulus (now conditioned stimulus, cs) elicits salivation (now. Indicate the us, cs, ur, and cr for the following examples. Sara has had a lot of dental work done recently (fillings, root canals). Now, just walking into the reception room at the dentist makes her palms sweaty.
