PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Drug Tolerance, Blood Sugar, Homeostasis
22 Jan 2018
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Case study: nicole suffers from chronic headaches during periods of low atmospheric pressure. The pain from her headaches usually coincide with the few first few drops of rain falling to the ground. Recently, she"s noticed that her head begins to throb from the sight of a cloudy sky. Her doctor prescribed her a red pill medication to ingest with her lunch daily. Classical conditioning allows us to associate two related events. Instrumental conditioning allows us to associate actions and consequences. Ivan pavlov, russian physiologist; classical conditioning is also called pavlovian conditioning (1890"s - 1900"s) Was initially interested in the process stages of digestion. Contingencies: when one stimulus reliably predicts the presentation of another. Ex: flash of lightning crash of thunder thunderstorm. A contingency is formed when the cs reliably predicts the us (?) The learning of a contingency between a particular signal and a later event that are paired in time and or space.
