Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Noxious Stimulus, Classical Conditioning, Selective Mutism

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mark Cole

Document Summary

Learning process which experience produces a relatively enduring change in an organism"s behavior or capabilities. Capabilities difference between knowing how and doing . You measure change by actual changes in performance. Learning is a process of personal adaptation to the changes in our lives. Behaviorists explain learning as directly observable events about adapting to the environment. Cognitive perspective, biological factors, and emergence of cross-cultural psychology also expand our learning: habituation a decrease in the strength of response to a repeated stimulus. Learning not to respond to uneventful stimuli saves us energy and allows us to pay attention to the important stimuli. With repeated presentation, your start response will increase in intensity. You will experience a stronger emotional reaction (show sensitization) Found across a wide range of species and will occur to strong or noxious stimuli. Its purpose is to increase responses to a dangerous stimulus.