PSYCH 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Habituation, Fokker E.Ii, Introspection
1 Dec 2016
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1: behaviorism and the psychology of learning, behaviorism- a grand theory that emerged in the mid-1900s as a response to the rampant non-scientific and non-rigorous methods that were being used to understand the mind. This mechanism keeps us focused on new objects and events. An example of non-associative learning (i. e. does not require the parting of two different stimuli: distinct from sensory adaption (a fairly rigid neural mechanism in which cells no longer fire in response to the same stimuli) Ex: we will pay attention to a siren but after while, we will begin to tune out a siren if nothing happens as a result of it. 3: the scope and power of classical conditioning, crabs, fish, cockroaches etc, humans. Why do we learn this way: it is an adaptive response; it helps prepare the organism. E. g. salivating helps get the mouth ready for the presence of food.
