PSY 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Fixed Action Pattern, Classical Conditioning, Goose Bumps
4 Oct 2016
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Animals use reflexive piloerection to make themselves look bigger. Goosebumps: what is left of piloerection in humans: signals of arousal: remnants of a time when we had enough hair for this to be a noticeable response. Reflex: inevitable, involuntary response to stimuli. Instinct: inborn pattern of behavior elicited by environmental stimuli. Instinctive contagious yawning: might provide survival advantages by synchronizing the arousal state & behavior of groups. Imprinting: young organism bonds w/ adults, provides example of how experience has diff. effects @ diff. times in lifespan, org. s usually show imprinting by the time they are mobile. Learning: a relatively permanent change in behavior/the capacity for behavior due to experience. Associative learning: (formation of associations/connections among stimuli & behaviors, classical conditioning: (type of learning, associ. s: formbed btwn two stimuli that occur sequentially) Snakes: snake bite: operant conditioning: (type of learning, associ. s formed btwn behaviors & their outcomes)
