PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Hornet, Conditioned Taste Aversion, Foodborne Illness

• School: UConn
• Department: Psychological Sciences
• Course: PSYC 1100
• Professor: Alexandra Paxton

Document Summary

Instincts (e. g. running from a predator, a hornet knowing how to build a nest) Classical conditioning (e. g. a dog getting excited at the sight of a leash) Operant conditioning (e. g. a dog behaving well to receive a treat) Worked with salivating dogs, measuring digestive system of dogs. Used cruel measures (e. g. drilling holes in the dog"s mouth to measure saliva) Noticed the dogs would salivate to objects associated with food. The dogs were conditioned to salivate at various stimuli. Ucs (unconditioned stimulus): stimulus that produces the automatic, unlearned response (e. g. the sight of food) Ucr (unconditioned response): automatic response to unconditioned stimulus. Ns: stimulus that does not elicit the unconditioned response. Cs: stimulus the organism was conditioned to respond to. Cr: response acquired through conditioning (e. g. salivating to the tone of a bell) During conditioning: ucs + ns ucr. Typically a brief interval (e. g. 5 seconds or less) between the ns and ucs. Not always a short time between pairing.