PSYC 2210 Lecture 3: Learning- Detailed notes from lecture THREE!!
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Classical conditioning theories and research ( chapters 4 and 5) Conditioned stimulus (cs), unconditioned stimulus (us), conditioned response (cr) and unconditioned response (ur). Conditioning can cause a bad reaction and it can be used for a better emotional relaxation by reversing it. Kamin- was escaped the us and went to the military and was always interested in strange interaction issues. He decided he could measure fear by some on going behavior and could use it to see how much emotional can be used by the stimulus. The procedure is called conditioned suppression, the system is called cer (conditioned emotional response) and the measure was the suppression ratio. Conditioned suppression: bar press for food: learning to bar press for food and to stable responses. You want them to have a stable rate: new box: moving into a new box which then contains a tone and a shock. Where the tone comes on and they get a shock.
