PSYC 351 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ethology, Neural Adaptation, Reflex Arc

• School: Concordia University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 351
• Professor: Mihaela Iordanova

Document Summary

Association: a connection between the representations of two events (2 stimuli/or stimulus+response) such that the occurrence of one of the events activates the representation of the other. Dualism: the view of the behaviour according to which actions can be separated in two categories: voluntary behavour controlled by the mind, involuntary behaviour controlled by reflex mechanisms. Empiricism: a philosophy according to which all ideas in the mind arise from experience. Fatigue: a temporary decrease in behaviour caused by repeated or excessive use of the muscles involved in the behaviour. Hedonism: the philosophy proposed by hobbes according to which the actions of organisms are determined by the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain. Learning: an enduring change in the mechanisms of behaviour involving specific stimuli and/or responses that results from prior experience with similar stimuli and responses. Maturation: a change in behaviour caused by physical or physiological development of the organism in the absence of experience with particular environmental events.