PSYCH 2010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sports Illustrated, Heritability, Reward System
28 Mar 2018
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Learning: any relatively durable change in behavior/knowledge from experience. If food becomes associated with bell ringing, the dog will eventually salivate in response to the bell conditioned (learning) stimulus and response: operant: responses come to be controlled by their consequences, voluntary responses. Before conditioning: a stomach virus (ucs) produces a response of nausea (ucr) During conditioning: a stomach virus (ucs) might be associated with eating a certain. After conditioning: the seafood (cs) which was eaten before a person was sick with a food such as seafood (cs) virus (ucs) now produces a response of nausea (cr) Positive reinforcement: occurs when a response is strengthened because it is followed by the presentation of a rewarding stimulus. Negative reinforcement: occurs when a response is strengthened because it is followed by the removal of an aversive (unpleasant) stimulus. Bribe bad idea timing is important. Make sure adult is doing the punishing/rewarding, not the child. Action that immediately follows is the reinforcer.
