PSY 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Discovery Learning, Mirror Neuron, Lasagne

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 102
• Professor: Meagan Mackenzie

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What is learning: experiences in the environment change your behavior. Habituation: is the process by which we respond less strongly to repeated stimuli e. g. chronic snorers do not notice their snore. Classical conditioning: a form of learning in which animals come to respond to a previously neutral stimulus that been paired with another stimulus that elicits an automatic response. Extinction: gradual reduction and eventual elimination of the conditioned response after conditioned stimulus is presented repeatedly without the unconditioned stimulus. Conditioned stimulus: if (cid:455)ou go to a restaura(cid:374)t a(cid:374)d it does(cid:374)"t gi(cid:448)e (cid:455)ou food i(cid:374)sta(cid:374)tl(cid:455) (cid:455)ou (cid:449)ill dissociate the conditioned and unconditioned. Spontaneous recovery: sudden reemergence of an extinct conditioned response after a delay in exposure to the conditioned stimulus. Stimulus generalization: process by which conditioned stimuli similar, but not identical, to the original conditioned stimulus elicit a conditioned response: you get slightly different stimulus: e. g. hearing the menu.