PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Classical Conditioning, Pharyngeal Reflex, Startle Response
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The principles of respondent and operant conditioning form the basis of behaviour modification. Respondent behaviours are elicited by prior stimuli and aren"t affected by their consequences. Examples of respondent behaviours includes: feeling anxious when walking into an exam, salivating when you smell food, or blushing when you realize your fly is undone. Operant behaviour is behaviour that affects the environment to produce consequences, and which is influenced by those consequences. Examples of operant behaviour include: turning on your cell phone or asking someone to pass you the salt. Is said to be emitted by an individual. Usually involves smooth muscles and glands that control our gastrointestinal tract and blood vessels. Is said to be elicited by prior stimulus. In the presence of a stimulus, a response is. Pairing of a neutral stimulus with an eliciting stimulus followed by a reinforcer prior to a response. Response is more likely to occur to prior.
