PSYCH 1X03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Orienting Response, Dishabituation, Habituation
17 Sep 2013
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Learning: a relatively enduring change in the mechanisms of behavior that occurs due to experiences. Eg/ teach dog tricks by offering incentive (a treat) for performing well one day, you want to show your friend your dogs tricks, but your dog will not perform. Dog may have had enough treats, and wont perform until he is craving a treat. John locke and the empirical philosophers provided an elegant argument describing how we learn about the world by creating associates between ideas through experience. When you become aware of a new stimulus or change in the environment it leads to a reflexive orienting response: orienting response: an automatic shift of attention toward that stimulus or event. Important for focusing attention on unfamiliar stimuli, which may signal sudden danger or unexpected opportunity. Habituation: a decrease in response to a stimulus or event as it is repeatedly presented without any consequence.
