PSYC 1010 Chapter : Module 22.doc

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Heather Jenkin

Document Summary

From experiments such as with dogs, pigeons and rats, we saw the basic processes of learning through classical and operant conditioning. We also learn through the interaction of biological, psychological and social influences. Animals demonstrated the basic laws of learning and they were similar to humans. (ivan pavlov and john b. watson) They understood that it doesn"t matter if we study animals or humans because of that reason. Any natural response could be conditioned to any neutral stimulus. An animal"s capacity for conditioning is constrained by is biology. While researching the effects of radiation on laboratory animals they noticed that rats began to avoid drinking water from the plastic bottles in radiation chambers. Might the rats have linked the plastic-tasting water (a conditioned stimulus, or. They tested this by exposing rats to a taste, sight or sound (cs) and later to radiation or drugs (us) that lead to nausea and vomting (ur).