[Psychology 2035A/B] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (18 pages long)

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

T he r ole of perc eiv ed c ontrol. Prologue: what is perceived control: control deprivation in animals, learned helplessness in people, reactions to physical illness, controlling our thoughts. An expected relation or contingency between behaviours and outcomes (an expected response-outcome contingency) If you do x, you will achieve outcome y: behaviour- going to class, studying; outcome- grades they get. Q ues tion- is perceived control important in our everyday lives. Dogs in a shuttle box, that is divided in two sections; a dog is placed in one section in the box and a light comes on and 10 seconds later applied a shock in the box. The dog can escape this by jumping over the hurtle to the next box. When the dog is in the other box, this happens again. Most dogs will learn this contingency and jumping over the box to escape this shock most dogs will learn this quickly.