PSYC 4 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Classical Conditioning, Reflex Arc, Motor Neuron
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Elicited behaviors: reflex: an involuntary response to a stimulus (no control over it, startle response. A dog"s ears perking up to a sound or a person turning around once: orienting response you hear your name, flexion response source of pain. If you touch something hot or step on a nail, you pull back from the. First sensory neuron that takes the information of heat on your. Reflex arc: hand to your spine where the interneurons bring the information from the sensory one to the motor neuron. The motor neuron makes you move your hand out of the way: fixed action patterns, specific to certain species. Pattern of behavior that is very typical of a species. Dog getting on a subordinate"s back and waiting for the subordinate to bring its head down: sign stimulus (releaser) Mechanisms of learning: habituation: get used to stimulus o in a coffee shop, you don"t notice it, sensitization: hyper sensitive to stimulus.
