PSY 1012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 58: Learned Helplessness, Observational Learning, Albert Bandura
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Your textbook described a classic experiment by robert rescorla that involved two groups of rats. One group of rats heard a tone just before each of 20 shocks. The second group of rats experienced the same. 20 tone-shock pairings, but also experienced an additional 20 shocks that were not paired with a tone. The rats in the first group displayed a much stronger conditioned fear response to the tone than did the rats in the second group. Your friend madison became very ill a few hours after eating the fried chicken special in the college cafeteria. Now madison feels queasy whenever she smells fried chicken. Having read the learning chapter in your psychology class, you explain that: Madison has experienced a learned taste aversion, which can occur after only one pairing of food and illness. Classical conditioning involves _____, while operant conditioning involves _____. reflexive behaviors; voluntary behaviors.
