PSY100H1 Chapter Notes -Aplysia, Neurochemistry, Systematic Desensitization
2 Jul 2014
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How did the behavioural study of learning develop: learning. Cs doesn"t lead to what they thought it was going to lead to, so the. Eventually, the patients are exposed to the feared stimulus while they are relaxing. In the mid 1960s, a number of challenges to pavlov"s theory suggested: evolutionary significance, not all stimuli are equally effective in producing learning pairings of stimuli are more likely to become associated than others. John garcia"s research on conditioned food aversion showed that certain: associating a particular food with an unpleasant outcome (i. e. , illness) even if that wasn"t actually the cause. Can be formed in one trial, even if the illness doesn"t occur right away: easy to produce with smell or taste, but they are very difficult to produce with light or sound. This difference makes sense, since the smell and taste are the main cues that guide animals" eating behaviours.
