PSYC101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Startle Response, Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning
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Albert and bunny, anything white and fluffy, was conditioned response. Tracey with phone is conditioned as going to phone when phone goes off. Two stimuli are repeatedly paired, and a response is elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by stimulus alone. Learning occurs in response to either rewards or punishment, an association is made between the behaviour and its consequence. What are some cases where conditioning can be used to modify human behaviour. John watson conducted an experiment with a boy named albert which he paired a white rat with a loud startle response, and now albert now becomes startled at the sight of the rat . Why isn"t bart learning , bart vs rat. Benefits outway consequences, not making connection, due to no association. Humans develop a way of things should be from norms,culture, and social environment (schemas). These schemas and expectations what we have of them influence our behaviour.
