NUTR 301 Lecture Notes - Axon Terminal, Macdonald Campus, Feed Dogs
12 Mar 2014
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Perspectives: behaviourism/operant: a. john watson: black bosy psychology: measure response- stimuli. Ivan pavlov classical conditioning eg. feed dogs to salivate everyday therefore dogs eventually associate him with food and salivate even when he appears without food. Passenger 2 (nervous, 1st flight)- we"re gonna die: behaviour and attitudes are affected by our culture and social influences. Look at : -gender -income level -lifestyle -age - ethnicity , not race: ex. Differences in math scores culture (far east often get higher scores) Cross-culture (blended) no such thing as african american anymore new realities. Depression may be linked to social stressors (poverty and unemployment: biological/physiological: relationship between biological processes and behaviour; brain chemistry (neurotransmitters); role of genetics ex. Genetic vulnerability; set point theory (obesity born with set point, starting point); endocrine system (hormones); diet affects neuron (ex. Hypothesis: am exact prediction about outcomes it is hypothesized that eg. cellphones in cars likelihood of accidents.
