PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Polo Neck, Classical Conditioning, Agoraphobia

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

Document Summary

Chapter 6- learning (notes) (november 3 and 5) Learning- any relatively durable change in behaviour or knowledge that is due to experience. Superstitions are often a result of obtaining a rewards after engaging in behaviours, even if behaviour and reward are not linked. Phobias- irrational fears of specific objects/ situations; are often result of classical conditioning. Agoraphobia- an intense fear of being in public places where it may be difficult to escape from or in which might be difficult to obtain help. No exclusively a human process; prevalent in animals. Principles that explain learned responses in animals explain much of human learning. Conditioning- i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)es lear(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) e(cid:448)e(cid:374)ts that o(cid:272)(cid:272)ur i(cid:374) a(cid:374) orga(cid:374)is(cid:373)(cid:859)s environment (ex. Wearing black turtleneck which leads to scoring goals in hockey game) Classical conditioning- a type of learning in which a stimulus gains the capacity to evoke a response that was originally evoked by another stimulus.