PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Operant Conditioning, Habituation, Behaviorism
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Ex. a sound cue signaling that it was dinner time: watson. Interaction of environment and associated effects: skinner, prediction and control of behaviour. Non-associative learning: info about one external stimulus: habituation: decrease in behavioural responding to a repeated stimulus, ex. the feeling of putting your clothes on, sensitization: increase in behavioural responding to a repeated stimulus, ex. After watching a scary movie being easily scared from a poke. Associative learning: how two or more pieces of info are related: classical conditioning: learn that two stimuli go together, ex. salivating when you smell warm cookies, operant conditioning: Ltp: this is why practice makes perfect . Long-term potentiation (ltp): the strengthening of synaptic connections between neurons. 5%, compared to the general population relapse rate of 20: these results came to quite a shock to most of the researchers. What causes enigmatic opiate overdose: enigmatic opiate overdose: