PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 21: Twin, Conditioned Taste Aversion, Reinforcement
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Case study of martin who developed a learned fear of dogs at the age of one, when his neighbor"s2 huge dogs would stand in front of the fence barking at his face he would stand still or run terrified. 2 categories of anger phobia an intense and irrational fear and anxiety fear with vague or unspecified source. Respondent and operant conditioning occur together and in martin"s case when he ran away proved to be a negative reinforcer for others to comfort him. One problem with avoiding or running away from dogs is he did not allow himself to experience friendly dogs. Conditioned emotional responses (cer): cr- conditioned response such as fear or anger is mainly emotional. Processes of experience and biology play an important role in learning cer. Direct when the person actually experiences the cs (dogs -conditional stimulus) and us (barking noise -unconditioned stimulus) which martin did.
