PSY-P 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Startle Response, Habituation, Classical Conditioning
19 Apr 2017
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Learning- change in behavior (knowledge) resulting from experience: does not have to be good thing in terms of adaptation or societal norms. Maturation- many changes in behavior occur as result of age, time, or growth (not experience: ex. Losing hearing in old age and not responding to people who talk to you. Kinds of learning: noticing and ignoring. Has to do with attention; learning when to notice (pay attention), when to ignore (choose not to pay attention) Does not involve cortex; sometimes mid/hindbrain, spinal cord. Palmer grasp reflex, knee-jerk reflex, foot-scraping reflex, touching hot things. Startle response- collection of reflexes occurring in response to sudden (potentially dangerous) event/stimulus. Orienting response- innate tendency to notice and response to novel, surprising, or potentially important events. Draws attention, but not enough to trigger fight-or-flight response. Habituation- reduced responding to event: ex, ex. Gradually not noticing your own perfume or car scent pack.
