PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Table Tennis, Reinforcement, Classical Conditioning

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Vivienne Monty

Document Summary

If something is based on learning, it can be unlearned. Beer commercial for men: targets all the things that men want. Example of classical conditioning. i. e. bowl, assistant that brings the food, etc responding to neutral stimuli. In order for you to acquire the new behavior, when should it be paired for the conditioning occur? (with the tone, it had to be established right before the food). Cannot be established if the unconditioned stimulus comes after. Can respond to stimulus that is similar to the original. > presentation of cs alone. (i. e. stop bringing food after the tone. ) Worst thing you can do when you are afraid of something is to run away. Tried to see if babies could be conditioned to be afraid of furry objects. (no response - positive response). Conditioned albert with the sound of a hammer banging against a steel bar behind him. (ucs) paired the loud bang with a white rat over a few weeks.