PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Foreplay, Learned Helplessness, Belongingness
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John b watson"s work was done in the context of fervor over genetics. Eugenics craze was when genetics was the dominant thing and watson disagreed with this. Little albert a kid who was a fearless kid when he came to the lab, scared of loud noises. After trial, they introduced things to him and when rabbit comes to him they made a loud sound. Classical conditioning made him scared of the rabbit or anything fluffy. Experiment with little albert showed that fear can be learned via environment. Amygdala of kid became attuned to the sound produced fears. Hippocampus soldier survives the bomb, it processes a lot of information during the time. Serotonin related to emotional responses; more you have, the happier you are. Ecstasy increases this in your brain and makes you very happy. Train situation: people won"t do something since they will be guilty if they flipped the switch. More prefrontal cortex activities in these situations.
