[PSYC 2600] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (45 pages long)
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Behaviour: any activity of an organism that can be observed or somehow measured. Classical conditioning underlies many of our emotional responses and contributes to the. Learning: a relatively permanent change in behaviour that results from some type of experience. development of our likes and dislikes. It can even lead to the development of debilitating fears and powerful feelings of sexual attraction. Operant conditioning involves the strengthening or weakening of a behaviour as a result of its consequences. The behaviours involved are often those that the average person usually regards as (cid:862)(cid:448)olu(cid:374)tar(cid:455)(cid:863) or goal orie(cid:374)ted. The law of similarity: events that are similar to each other are readily associated. The law of contrast: events that are opposite from each other are readily associated. The law of contiguity: events that occur in close proximity to each other in time or space are readily associated with each other.
