PSYB45H3 Chapter 1: Chapter 1 textbook notes
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Angry is not a behaviour its just a lable: dimentions of behaviour: Frequency: number of times a behaviour occurs. Duration: time from when an instance of the behaviour starts until it stops. Intensity: physical force involved in the behaviour. Behaviour to be modified is called a target behaviour. A behavioural excess is an undesirable target behaviour the person wants to decrease in frequency, duration and intensity (ex: smoking) De-emphasis on past events as causes of behaviour. Rejection of hypothetical underlying causes of behaviour. Conducted experiments that uncovered the basic processes of respondent conditioning. Demonstrated that a reflex could be conditioned to a neutral stimulus. Ex: dog + salivating experiment: edward l. thorndike. Law of effect: a behaviour that produces a favourable effect on the environment is more likely to be repeated in the future. Ex: cat hitting a lever more and more quickly to reach the food.
