PSYC 2330 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Reflexology, Model Organism, Contiguity
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Learning: one of the biological processes that facilitate adaptation to one"s environment. Learning to withhold responses is just as important as learning to make responses. Features of the environment gain the capacity to trigger our behaviour whether we like it or not. Cognitive science did not grow by taking over the basic learning phenomena of learning, but by extending psychology. Contemporary interest in behaviour theory is fueled by growth of interest in neural mechanisms, the limited role of consciousness in behavior, & the recognition that much of what takes us through the day involves habitual responses. Cartesian dualism: 2 classes of behaviour: voluntary (does not have to be triggered by external stimuli & occurs because of conscious intent) & involuntary (automatic reactions to external stimuli, mediated by a mechanism called a reflex). Diagram of cartesian dualism from lecture * Involuntary/reflexive: sensory input is reflective in response output.
