PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6.1: Classical Conditioning, Learning, Behaviorism
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A process by which behaviour or knowledge changes as a result of experience. E. g. reading, listening, and taking tests in order to obtain new information. Associative learning: the other type of learning ( will be explored in this chapter) Pavlov used to analyze digestion on dogs. Noticed that dogs would salivate before any meat powder would be presented. Came into conclusion that salivary responses could be learned. Served as one of the foundation of behaviourism. An external event or cue that elicits a response. E. g. food, water, pain, or sexual contact. A stimulus that elicits a reflexive response without learning. A reflexive, unlearned reaction to an unconditioned stimulus. E. g. blinking (ur) in response to a puff of air to the eye (us) A once-neutral stimulus that later elicits a conditioned response because it has a history of being paired with an unconditioned stimulus. Conditioned response (cr) the learned response that occurs to the conditioned stimulus.
