PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Reinforcement, Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning
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Repeatedly exposed to one type of stimulus: habituation: ability to tune out a stimulus. Ignoring train noise you hear from your condo (dehabituation: previously habituated stimulus is removed and you"re now aware of it again) Loud noise at concert bother you so much you leave (desensitization: no longer sensitive to stimulus) Process of learning in which one event, object, action is directly connected with another. Two stimuli are paired in such a way that the response to one of the stimuli changes (ie. pavlov dogs) Ns (bell) + us (food) > ur (salivation) Stimuli no long paired, and no cr is given. Cs (onlyso bell only) presented after a period of extinction and elicits a cr (salivation) Occurs when stimuli other than the original conditioned stimulus elects the conditioned response. Cr only given for that speci c cs (only a bell and not a buzzer) Associate taste with a bad symptom (ex. nausea)
