PSYB45H3 Final: PSYB45 Final Exam Study Notes
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Chapter 14: procedures based on principles of respondent conditioning. Operant conditioning: strengthening a behaviour by reinforcing it or weakening it by punishing it. (a behaviour modified by its consequences) Operant behaviours: behaviours that operate on an environment that could result in consequences, which control our behaviours. (e. g. putting gas in your car prevents the consequence of the car running out of gas) Respondent behaviours: behaviours elicited by prior stimuli and were not affected by their consequences. (e. g. salivating to dinner, feeling frightened when watching a scary movie) Respondent conditioning (also called pavlovian/classical conditioning): if a stimulus is followed by a us that elicits a ur, then the previously neutral stimulus will also tend to elicit that response in the future. Behaviours that are elicited automatically by some stimulus. Principle of respondent conditioning: a neutral stimulus followed closely in time with a. Us that elicits a ur will then also tend to elicit that same response in time (becomes a cs)
