Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Conditioned Taste Aversion, Tabula Rasa, Exposure Therapy

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

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Psychology 1000 chapter 7 notes (learning and adaptation: the role of experience) Habituation and sensitization is a change in behaviour that results from repeated exposure to stimuli. Classic conditioning is where two stimuli become associated with each other. Operative conditioning is where we associate responses with specific consequences. Learning can be viewed as a process of personal adaptation to the ever-changing circumstances of our lives. Behaviourists are concerned on how organisms learn. Habituation is the decrease of strength of response to repeated stimuli: habituation is different from sensory adaptation. Sensitization is the opposite of habituation; the strength of the response increases rather than decreases. Classical conditioning is where an organism learns to associate two stimuli with each other; associating stimuli that was produced only by the original stimuli. There are some factors that affect the basic processes of conditioned responses: acquisition: Acquisition is the period of time where the response is being learnt.