Psychology 2210A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Internet Message Access Protocol, Reflex Arc, Animal Cognition
12 Sep 2014
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Shaping (skinner): beh gradually changed to perform new response (new beh)like sculpting: but unlike sculpting, beh cannot be changed in any direction with equal ease o. It is heterogeneous (like wood), not homogeneous (like clay) Descartes: reflexes: elicited behaviour: reflexive response to stimuli, reflex: reflection of elicited stimulus, reflex arc: the entire reflex unit. Ethology: (bio) evolution and development of functional units of beh. Appetitive behaviour: occurs in response to general spatial cues, involves a. 1. range of possible acts (getting to the thing) 1. complete/consummate the response sequence, discharge the motivation/drive state (acting on the thing) Behaviour systems (timberlake)says elicited behaviour has more than two types:
