Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Aversion Therapy, Tabula Rasa, Classical Conditioning

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

Document Summary

Learning- process by which experience produces a relatively enduring change in an organism"s behaviour or capabilities. *capabilities- highlights a distinction between knowing how, or learning, versus doing, or performance. *personal adaptation- learning is a process of personal adaptation to the ever-changing circumstances of our lives. Focused on how organisms learn, examining the processes by which experience influences behaviour. Treated the organism as a tabula rasa (blank tablet) where learning experiences are inscribed part of our environment) Sensitization- increase in the strength of response to a repeated stimulus: purpose: to increase responses to a potentially dangerous stimulus. *acquisition- refers to the period during which a response is being learned. *neutral stimulus- does not elicit the intended response. Unconditioned stimulus (ucs)- a stimulus that elicits a particular reflexive or innate response (the ucr) without prior learning. Unconditioned response (ucr)- a response (usually reflexive or innate) that is elicited by a specific stimulus (the ucs) without prior learning.