PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Latent Learning, Motivation, Cognitive Map

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

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Bell signals arrival of food ! dog salivates. o! If i do a behaviour that produces a desirable consequence, then the behaviour is most likely to repeat. A behaviour that produces an unpleasant consequence, the behaviour is less likely to repeat. This is known as the law of effect. o! Consequence that is likely to make the behaviour repeat, The behaviour is going to lead to a consequence whereby a pleasant, desirable stimulus is added. o! Going to lead to a consequence whereby an unpleasant o! E. g. taking shower to get rid of body odour. o! Getting rid of something we don"t want. o! Through experience we learn to value them. o! When you do something, the consequence is right away. o! Every single time the desired behaviour occurs, the organism is reinforced. However, the problem is that almost as soon as you stop it, the behaviour extinguishes. o! Some responses are reinforced while other responses are not reinforced.