PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: A L L

Document Summary

Biological constraints: pavlov, he strongly beloved as long as you follow the principles of classical conditioning you can teach any association, however nature and evolution will put limits on what you can teach, we are biological predisposed to learn better at other things, garcia and koelling, they would give rats water and give them radiation then they become nauseas, they would give light and give them radiation and then they become sick, they would give sound and give them radiation then they become sick, the rats developed a taste aversion, the rats did not develop an aversion with light or sound, in nature a rat is going to use its sense of smell and taste, the rat is going to get nauses is going to think its something he ate. So it is biological predisposed: conclusion, we are biological preparation means, pavlovs legacy, classical conditioning, objective sudy of complex processes, you could take something complex and study it.