PSYC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Classical Conditioning, Robert A. Rescorla, Little Albert Experiment
27 Oct 2016
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Learning - shorthand for collection of diff techniques, procedures, outcomes producing changes in organism"s behavior. Acquisition of knew knowledge, skills, responses from experiencing resulting in relatively permanent change in state of learner. Habituation - general process in which repeated/prolonged exposure to stimulus results in gradual reduction in responding. Sensitization - presentation of stimulus leads to increased response at later stimulus. Much of what we know about how organisms learn comes directly from behaviorists" observation of behaviors. Argued psychologists should never use the terms consciousness, mental states, mind, content, introspectively verifiable, imagery, and the like . Pavlov studied digestive processes of laboratory animals by surgically implanting test tubes into cheeks of dogs to measure salivary responses to diff kinds of foods. Classical conditioning - when neutral stimulus produces response after being paired w/ stimulus that naturally produces response. Pavlov"s basic experimental setup involved cradling dogs in harness to administer foods.
