PSY 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Classical Conditioning, Habituation, Psy

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 110
• Professor: gillis

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All learning results from this, even the most primitive animals can learn certain things. Habituation: following several presentations of a stimulus, the animal will stop responding if nothing bad happens. Sensitization: following several presentations of a stimulus, the animal will have heightened response if negative results. If yo eat someting that makes you sick, you may never eat it again. All learning results from association between two stimuli. After training dog with bell, meat--dog associated bell with meat and salivates. Watch behavior, decide whether to encourage or discourage it. Animal must engage in some operation;animals behavior is instrumental in determining outcome.