PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes -Classical Conditioning
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Learning, an adaptive process in which the tendency to perform a particular bhvr is changed by experience. > learning cannot be observed directly; it can only be inferred f/ changes in bhvr. Performance, the bhvrl change produced by the internal changes brought by learning (evidence that learning has occurred) Orienting response, any response by which an organism directs appropriate sensory organs (eyes, ears, nose) toward the source of a new stimulus. I. e. we become alert & turn our heads toward the source of a scream. Habituation, the simplest form of learning; learning not to respond to an unimportant event that occurs repeatedly (makes sense f/ an evolutionary perspective b/c responding to every unimportant stimulus wastes time & energy) Classical conditioning involves learning about the conditions that predict a significant event will occur. Pavlov conducted experiments w/ dogs & dis d a form of learning in them that a stimulus predicts the occurrence of another.
