Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Rubber Pants, Aversion Therapy, Social Learning Theory

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

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3 main theories: classical conditioning, operant conditioning, social learning theory. Q: alcohol has its effects by: increasing gaba, decreasing glutamte, decreasing serotonin, increasing acetylcholine, both a) and b). Q: in the research discussed in lecture, the substance used by the greatest number of grade 12 students was: inhallants, marijuana, cocaine, lsd, all of the above about equally. The changes in behaviour that accumulate across generations are stored in genes: learning. The changes in behaviour that accumulate over a lifetime are stored in the central nervous system. Remember the behaviourists: must study observable behavior, behaviorists argued that. Unobservable phenomenon aren"t necessary for an understanding of human nature: knowledge is learned experience shapes growth. Classical conditioning: learning by associating two stimuli together, learning occurs when we recognize that one event will predict another. Unlearned stimulus (food, pain etc : ucr (unconditioned response)