PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes -Applied Behavior Analysis, Classical Conditioning, Certified Emission Reduction
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Respondent conditioning: respondent conditioning in everyday life: Running away, screaming & crying reinforcement = escape (negative reinforcer) & comforting from o/ ppl. One prob with escaping & then avoiding dogs = the feared cs persists b/c boy prevents himself experiencing friendly dogs. Respondent behv of concern in applied behaviour analysis = conditioned emotional response (cer: cr- mainly emotion, fear (anxiety & phobia, experience & biology = impt roles in learning cers. Role of direct and indirect experience in cers: Can acquire cer through direct or indirect respondent conditioning. Direct when person experiences cs and us. Most ppl experienced negative sitch w/ feared obj (direct) Indirect when observing o/s (modelling) or receiving fearful info. Evidence for a role of biological processes in dev of cers. Inborn factors may make some ppl more vulnerable than others to dev fear reactions from their experiences: may lead to being very inhibited that predispose some indiv"s to dev fears.
