PSYC 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mojave Desert, Electrodermal Activity, Electromyography

• School: Texas A&M University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 304
• Professor: Leunes Arnold

Document Summary

Conditioning/learning: conditioning: formation, strengthening & weakening of s-r associations resulting from practice, **simplest form of learning** learning: changes in behavior as a result of practice. Basic types of learning: classical/pavlovian conditioning, passive form of learning, communist philosophy, characteristics, unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned response, conditioned stimulus, conditioned response, ex: pavlov"s dogs, mother & child, lope de vega, feral cats & friends, horse in pasture. Instrumental/operant learning: active learning, consequences dictate future behavior, us frontier spint, rugged individualism, capitalism, cognitive learning, major neswith (7 yr pow vietnam, shot 74 first time back on golf course, 20 strokes better than previous pr. 5 **: there will be a significant relationship btw the # of reinforcement trials to. Acquisition & the # or responses during extinction. Arousal/anxiety cont: symptoms of anxiety, somatic symptoms of anxiety: Insomnia: excessive perspiration, urination, nausea, facial tics, muscle aches, restlessness, dizziness, rapid heart beat, fatigue, sexual dysfunctions, cognitive symptoms of anxiety: Inc heart rate = arousal: blood pressure (bp)