PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Prosocial Behavior, Latent Learning, Mirror Neuron
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Vice versa: cognitive learning- acquiring new behaviors and information mentally-- occurs by observation and by using language. Ivan pavlov"s discovery: neutral stimulus- a stimulus which does not trigger a response. Bell- neutral stimulus dog- no response: unconditioned stimulus/ response- a stimulus which triggers a response naturally, before/ without any conditioning. Us- yummy dog food ur- dog salivates: conditioning- the bell/tone (neutral stimulus) is repeatedly presented with the food (us) If the us (food) stops appearing with the cs (bell), the cr decreases. Spontaneous recovery (return of the cr: after a cr (salivation) has been conditioned and then extinguished. Following a rest period, presenting the tone alone might lead to a spontaneous recovery. Severity of punishments is not as helpful as making the punishments immediate and certain. Latent learning: skills or knowledge gained from experience, but not apparent in behavior until rewards are given.
