PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Long-Term Memory, Animal Language, Polio Vaccine
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(john locke) the idea that the experiences you have in life make you who you are. Some type of connection between ideas, behaviors, events, objects, or feelings on a conscious or unconscious level. If you see me hit my hand on this table and hand doesn"t go through it, that doesn"t come as a surprise because its hard and makes a loud noise . Two stimuli are linked together to produce a new learned response in person or animal. Pavlov studied how the vega"s nerve controls the heart. Knew that to stimulate digestive joints, the dog had to eat. Studied the brain and the more complex processes of it (association) unconditioned stimulus: (ucs) A stimulus in the environment has produced a behavior/response that is unlearned and therefore is a natural response that has not been taught. Example: a stomach virus would produce a response of nausea or vomiting during conditioning:
