PSYC 395 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Short-Term Memory, Long-Term Memory, Sensory Memory
10 May 2017
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Habituation: decline in response to a stimulus once that stimulus has become familiar, e. g. , summer storm rolling in first vs. fifth minute of wind gusts and rain. Increase in responsiveness with change in something familiar: e. g. summer storm now there"s thunder, or, the storm stops suddenly. Observational learning: learning by watching others, no direct experience involved, modeling and imitation. Observational learning (cont. : bandura"s bobo doll study, study design, experimental group, child plays, adult plays, adult plays violently with bobo doll, child taken to second room (cool toys! Media violence experimental studies suggest that viewing media violence does lead to more violent behavior: violent videos, frustrate, deliver more shocks, non-violent videos, frustrate, deliver fewer shocks, imitation, desensitation. Ivan pavlov: investigating dogs" gastric functioning, dogs salivated before food was actually delivered. Before conditioning: food (unconditioned stimulus) causes the dog to salivate (unconditioned response, a bell (neutral stimulus) does not cause the dog to salivate.
