PSYB45H3 Chapter 8: Chapter 8 review
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Operant behaviours are controlled by their consequences. Respondent conditioning: involves the manipulation of antecedent stimuli. Respondent behaviours are controlled (elicited) by antecedent stimuli. Unconditioned responses (urs): responses elicited by antecedent stimuli even though no conditioning or learning has occurred. Natural reflexive action of the body that occur when a us is present. Example: blinking when something is in your eye. Unconditioned stimulus (us): unconditioned stimulus that elicits an unconditioned response. Humans have evolved to respond to us because urs have survival value. Respondent conditioning occurs when a previously neutral stimulus (ns) is paired with a us (the ns and us are presented together). As a result, the ns becomes the conditioned stimulus (cs) and elicits a conditioned response (cr) Respondent conditioning is also called classical conditioning or pavlovian conditioning. Just about any stimulus can become a cs if it is paired a number of times with a us. Bodily responses involved in autonomic nervous system arousal.
