PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cognitive Map, Proverb, Frontal Lobe

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Heather Jenkin

Document Summary

Module 21: basic learning concepts & classical conditioning. Learning: psychologists define learning as the process of gaining new and relatively enduring information and behavior. (the process of acquiring through experience). By learning, humans are able to adapt to our environments. We learn to expect and prepare for important events such as food or pain. We learn to repeat acts that bring rewards and avoid acts that bring unwanted results. We learn new behaviors by observing and watching others, and through language, we learn things we have neither experienced nor observed. They emphasize the interactions of our traits and cognition with the stimulus. (the stimulus affects the trait, and the trait affects the stimulus). Our minds naturally connect events that occur in sequence. Suppose you see and smell freshly baked bread, eat some, and find it satisfying. The next time you see and smell fresh bread, you will expect that eating it will again be satisfying.