PSYCH 7A Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Conditioned Taste Aversion, Immunosuppression, Habituation
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Learning is a systematic, relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs through experience. Behaviorism is a theory of learning that focuses solely on observable behaviors, discounting the importance of mental activity such as thinking, wishing, and hoping. Associative learning occurs when an organism makes a connection, or an association, between two events. Conditioning is the process of learning these associations. In classical conditioning, organisms learn the association between two stimuli. As a result of this association, organisms learn to anticipate events. In operant conditioning, organisms learn the association between a behavior and a consequence, such as a reward. Observational learning occurs when a person observes and imitates another"s behavior: classical conditioning. Classical conditioning is learning process in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with an innately meaningful stimulus and acquires the capacity to elicit a similar response. Counterconditioning is a classical conditioning procedure for changing the relationship between a conditioned stimulus and its conditioned response.
