PS102 Lecture : Psychology 102
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Learning: a relatively permanent change in behaviour (or behavioural potential) due to experience. Behaviorism: approach that emphasizes the study of observable behaviour and the role of the environment as a determinant of behaviour. Conditioning: basic kind of learning that involves associations between environmental stimuli and the organism s responses, questions. If you were attacked by a terrier why might you also be afraid of labrador retrievers: pavlov s works with salivation in dogs led to discovery of learning principles. Most effective when stimulus to be conditioned precede the unconditioned stimulus. Conditioned stimulus becomes a signal for the unconditioned stimulus. To become a cs, a neutral stimulus must reliably signal or predict the us (rescorla) Involved in our positive emotional responses to objects, people, symbols, events and places. Ns + us ur: cs (neutral stimulus becomes conditioned stimulus) cr. May learn to fear any stimulus that is paired with something that elicits pain, surprise or embarrassment.
