PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 92: Ivan Sechenov, Bradycardia, Salivary Gland

• School: UConn
• Department: Psychological Sciences
• Course: PSYC 1100
• Professor: Eric Lundquist

Document Summary

Cs - initially results in investigatory response, then habituation ; after conditioning, resultings in. Cr - response to cs; measures amplitude , probability , & latency. Ivan sechenov - all of our behavior is essentially reflexes, no matter the intellectual level. There"s not only excitatory stimuli, but also inhibitory. 1865- reflexes of the brain (a highly influential book; pavlov) Wasn"t originally into psych; big name in surgery (specifically digestion) Pavlov pouch - a revolutionary surgical technique that took a piece of an animal"s stomach tissue, exposed it, then kept it there to observe/measure gastric secretions. Salivary secretions - a small incision was made in the dog"s salivary gland & a tube was connected for collection; different foods were placed in a dog"s mouth to study the effects it had on the salivation. The dogs began anticipating the food & salivating before they ate (not a normal. Extinction - cr declines & disappears over trials w/o us.