PSYC 2740 Chapter 8: Chapter 8 - Behavioural and Learning Theories

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2740
• Professor: Stephen Lewis

Document Summary

Approach avoidance conflict: a situation in which one is presented with two opposing options: a motivational element suggested by dollard and miller. Aversion therapy: an attempt to reduce a behaviour by pairing it with a highly noxious stimulus. Behavioural approach system: the system proposed by gray that accounts for individual differences in impulsivity. It is linked with an appetitive orientation and involves a sensitivity to reward (and situations involving non punishment. Behavioural inhibition system: the system proposed by gray that accounts for individual differences in anxiety. It is linked with a defensive orientation and elevated sensitivity toward punishment and non reward. Behaviourism: an approach that focuses on the study of observable actions rather than cognitions and internal stimuli. Blocking effect: in classical conditioning, the introduction of a second unconditioned stimulus once another unconditioned stimulus has already been used to create a conditioned response. The response to the second unconditioned stimulus is suppressed (blocked) by the already established conditioning link.