PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Operant Conditioning, Habituation, Neural Adaptation
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Involuntary control and behaving against one"s will: behaviour seems involuntary, studies show that those pretending to be hypnotized will commit same actions that those truly hypnotized will. Physiological effects and physical feats: hypnotized people with allergies can be exposed to certain allergens and, if told that it is harmless, most will not have an allergy, can also be seen without hypnosis. Pain tolerance: hypnosis can act as an anesthetic, producing analgesia (an absence of pain) Hypnosis and memory: hypnotic amnesia can be temporarily produced, make more recall errors, and become confident about those errors. Learning process by which experience produces a relatively enduring change in an organism"s behaviour or capabilities (knowing how). Habituation & sensitization: involve a change in behavior that results from repeated exposure to a single stimulus. Classical conditioning: (associative learning) when 2 stimuli become associated with each other. (see dog = fear) Operant conditioning: we learn to associate our responses with specific consequences. (smiling = friendly greeting)
