PSYCH 202 Lecture 3: 2nd test psych 202_ learning class_textbook notes_

• School: UW-Madison
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 202
• Professor: Jeffrey B.Henriques I I I

Document Summary

Learning- a relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs through experience. Learning: a collection of different techniques, procedures, and outcomes that produce changes in an organism"s behavior. The acquisition from experience, of new knowledge, skills, or responses that results in a relatively permanent change in the state of the learner: based on experience, produces changes in the organism, changed are relatively permanent. Habituation: a general process in which repeated or prolonged exposure to a stimulus results in a gradual reduction in responding. Example: moving to the city and being annoyed w all the sounds of traffic when trying to fall asleep but after a few weeks, not even noticing it or hearing it. Sensitization: presentation of a stimulus leads to an increased response to a later stimulus. Example: if your house was broken into in the past, you may be more sensitive to sounds late at night when home alone.