PSYCH101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Polysomnography, Hypnosis, Guided Imagery

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Stephanie Denison

Document Summary

Its the study of how we learn, (thinking, memory, perception, learning, and language) dissatisfaction with behaviorism preceded it. We didn"t have the technology to measure it before (computers). Computer analogies were also used for the explanation of the brain. Know the similarities and differences between classical conditioning and operant conditioning and all of the terminology associated with each (notes): Classical is when you pair a reflex with a neutral stimulus (pavlovs dogs). Operant conditioning is when you learn from trial and error (the big bang theory of penny being sprayed with water). Discovered when pavlov wanted to find out if specific foods elicited specific saliva. The problem was, the dogs eventually started to salivate before he gave out the food (he called this psychic secretion) which was how cc was discovered, with the ringing of the bell and the food. Oc discovered by thorndike with him putting cats into a box with a lever.