PSY 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Cognitive Science, Positive Psychology, Token Economy
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Relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience or practice a. Discovered classical conditioning through the digestion of his dog. Rang a bell and gave the dog meat, dog salivated because of meat. Dog pairs bell sound with meat and salivates upon sound of bell. Classical conditioning form of association learning between environment and a stimulus learning to make a reflex response as opposed to the natural response. Original theory where pavlov said that conditioning occurred when the cs substituted the ucs by being paired closely together. Modern theory where conditioning occurs because the cs provides information or an expected result about the coming of the ucs a. Naturally occurring stimulus that leads to a natural response. Stimulus that becomes able to produce a learned reflex response by being paired with the original ucs. Neutral stimulus (ns) can become a cs when paired with a ucs. Conditioned response (cr) learned reflex response to a cs.