PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Propranolol, Brainstem, List Of Fictional Medicines And Drugs
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S had an extraordinary memory but it prevented him from truly thinking. Learning: behv of organisms can be separated into 3 major categories, reflexes = produced by prewired neural conn"s/reflex arcs. Rapid, reliable, inflexible: instincts = automatic, more complex. Mostly mating/parenting, somewhat modified by exp: learned behvs = excludes changes from maturation/growth. Types of learnings: associative learning = conn between two features of its enviro. Classical + operant conditioning: nonassociative learning = includes process of habituation + sensitation. Involves changes in magnitude of response to stimuli rather than formation of conn"s: habituation: organism reduces its response to unchanging, harmless stimuli, sensitization: repeated exposure to a strong stimulus increases response to other enviro stimuli. A blackout makes you more sensitive to stimuli. Classical condtioning: often sea slug, aplysia californica which has neural nets instead of brain, gill on dorsal surface covered by mantle shelf. Types of memory: no absolute boundary between learning + memory.
