CAS PS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Classical Conditioning, Brain Death, Grey Matter

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 101
• Professor: Robert Reinhart

Document Summary

Learning: a relatively enduring change in behavior, resulting from experience. Conditioning: associations develop through a process where environmental stimuli and behavioral responses become connected. Learning that two types of events occur together. Learning that a particular behavior leads to a particular outcome. Persistent vegetative state: full coma that lasts more than a month. Considered brain dead and pattern of brain (cortical) activity is unstable. Minimally conscious state : deliberate movement and communication is possible. Unable to access certain area within the brain. (broca"s area in erik ramsey"s case) Able to see, hear, and understand surroundings, but not able to communicate.