PSYC 3103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Reticular Formation, Longitudinal Study, Amygdala
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The structure of neurochemical systems in the brain is informative about the bases of the structure of emotion. It eats its fill, and then goes back to the safety of the tree to sleep. The next time it gets hungry, it does not go anywhere near the cat, but goes more directly to the food. The next time, it goes even more directly to the food. We say the mouse has learned where the cat and food are More generally, the mouse has acquired an internal representation of the rewarding and punishing aspects of its environment by experiencing punishment and reward. The cat and food are primary punishments and primary rewards, respectively. Everything in the environments surrounding the cat and food become associated with punishment and reward. These are negative incentives and positive incentives, respectively. The farther they are removed from the primary reinforcers, the weaker they are. It is suggested that negative incentives increase activity in the behavioral inhibition.
