01:160:161 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Conditioned Taste Aversion, Belongingness, Operant Conditioning
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Conditioned taste aversion: classical conditioning can lead us to develop avoidance reactions to the taste of food. Belongingness suggest that certain stimuli are more likely to go with certain responses. E. l. thorndike studied cats in puzzle boxes which led to the law of effect. Also known as instrumental conditioning: acquiring behaviors as a result of the outcome or consequences of those behaviors. Organism emits response in a seemingly voluntary fashion. Skinner developed a highly efficient conditioning chamber (skinner box) that allows for conditioning and automated behavior measurement. Shaping: reinforcement for behaviors that approach the target activity until the animal fully performs the behaviors. Chaining: is where behaviors are reinforced by opportunities to engage in the next behavior. Associating events that occur together in time. Both animals and humans have a tendency to associate events that occur together in time. Reinforcement: a behavior will increase and the response will be repeated.
