PSYC 103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Neural Adaptation, Adaptive Learning, Habituation
27 Mar 2019
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Process of acquiring through experience new information or behaviors. Non-associative learning hear a fan when you first walk in, then learn to not notice) Habituation - habituate to a stimulus; similar to sensory adaptation (ex - Sensitization - developing allergic responses (ex - you don"t show symptoms of allergy the first time you associate with a cat, but then develop it) * start with greater and get less vs start with less and get greater. Type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events. Certain events occur together; stimuli that are not controlled area associated and the response becomes automatic. Pavlov is the pioneer in this area (with the dogs and the bell) Studied the digestive system, won russia"s first nobel. Dog stuck in a rig had a tube that went down into its stomach, collected the saliva that the dog produced.
