Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Reinforcement, Neural Adaptation, Aversion Therapy

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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O explained learning only from direct observations rather than the mental were transcribed state. Chapter 7 learning and adaptation: the role of experience. Learning is a process by which experience produces a relatively enduring change in an organism"s behaviour or capabilities. Theorists highlight capabilities as knowing how and learning as doing . Learning is a process of personal adaptation to the changing-circumstances in our lives. Behaviourist perspective (bolles and beecher, 1988) focused mainly on how organisms and examining the processes on how experience influences behaviour: treated organisms as a blank tablet in which learning experiences. Evolutionist perspective adaption is passed on across many generations. Behaviour is influenced by our interactions with the immediate and the past environment: habituation and sensitization. Habituation the decrease in the strength of response to a repeated stimulus, a key adaptive function. Tactile information that has been presented continuously presents no consequences, thus it is ignored: habituation allows organisms to ignore unimportant stimuli.