PSYC 2130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Classical Conditioning, Fear, Operant Conditioning

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2130
• Professor: Frank Marchese

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Emphasized the study of overt (or obvious/ unconcealed/ observable) behaviours and the environmental conditions that influence them; focuses on classical/ operant conditioning. John watson; little albert study about fear being conditioned. 3 associated with later illness and did not learn to avoid tasteless water paired with lights/ sound. Skinner was first to distinguish between 2 types of behaviour: operant and. Operant behaviours- are those than an organism emits in which a (cid:449)a(cid:455) as to (cid:858)ope(cid:396)ate(cid:859) (cid:374) the environment; are controlled by the consequences they produce; also known as instrumental behaviour. Respondent behaviour- is elicited by some identifiable stimulus in environment; subject is responding to something already present in external environment; ex. is reflexed like construction of pupil in response to bright light); can be acquired by classical conditioning. Many behaviours originally acquired as operants eventually function as respondents; a(cid:396)e (cid:858)o(cid:448)e(cid:396)lea(cid:396)(cid:374)ed(cid:859) (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396)s (cid:894)(cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396)s that a(cid:396)e p(cid:396)a(cid:272)ti(cid:272)ed (cid:396)epeatedl(cid:455)(cid:895) (cid:894)e(cid:454). stoppi(cid:374)g at red light)