PSYA01H3 Lecture 20: Learning in the Real World
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Generalization and discrimination: discrimination similar to the other stimulus, wedding days, generalization. Example: pavlov"s dog responding to a different bell that is: we have multiple personalities that change in the conditions we"re in. Hearing a different tone in the stimulus. The dogs do not salivate as they are discriminating: during a wedding, people know you in different ways are surrounding against this different tone you. Importance of secondary reinforcers: primary: relate to basic drives (biological, secondary: example: money. Don"t relate to primary needs but make us feel good. We are the only living beings that are aware that we die. More attractive people tend to take up smoking when they are younger because it seems like a cooler thing to do. By smoking with the cool people, you enter their social circles. Years after the test was done, it was found that the kids. If children delayed gratification by not eating a marshmallow, they would get another one.
