PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Conditioned Taste Aversion, High-Heeled Footwear, Yelp
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Reinforcement contingency: happy to obtain a reinforcer or avoid a punisher. Intensity of reinforcer: happier for a larger reinforcer than a smaller one. Discriminative stimuli: a stimulus can signal the availability of a reinforcer as well as a punisher. Unconditioned reinforcers: different emotions for different unconditioned reinforcers, ex. Conditioned reinforcers: different emotions for different conditioned reinforcers. Positive punishment: happy to not respond in order to avoid an aversive stimulus. Negative reinforcement: relief after responding in order to actively avoid an aversive stimulus. Positive punishment-anger when receiving static shock for touching something metal. Intensity of reinforcer- angry when receiving a smaller piece of cake than before. Discriminative stimuli- angry at the bad driver who hit your car. Darwin was first to suggest that emotions are adaptive and serve a communicative function through three principles: Emotions are expressed and serve a purpose in non-human animals and de- emphasizes their functionality for humans. Antithesis emphasizes how bodily expressions for opposing emotions look.
