Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Rubber Pants, Sexual Fetishism, Aversion Therapy

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

Document Summary

The changes in behaviour that accumulate across generations are stored in the genes. The changes in behaviour that accumulate over a lifetime are stored in the central nervous system. Leads to a relatively permanent change in behaviour. Behaviourists argued that: unobservable phenomenon aren"t necessary for an understanding of human nature. Knowledge is learned (from interacting with environment: experience shapes growth and development. Learning occurs when you recognize that one event predicts another. Ucs (unconditioned stimulus: unlearned stimulus (food, pain, etc. ) Cs (conditioned stimulus: learned stimulus (any stimulus you"ve learned to response to) Salivation in response to object paired with food (sitting in restaurant) Fear as a response to a situation paired with pain (patients fear clinic chemo is given in) Neutral object (bell) and rings it and observes response (dogs do not salivate) Pairs the sound of the bell with the meat powder. Learn to salivate in response to the bell even without the meat powder.