PSYC 2P45 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Classical Conditioning, Reinforcement, Heart Rate

• School: Brock University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2P45
• Professor: Kerri Michalica

Document Summary

Decreasing a behaviour (driving fast) to avoid geing a speeding icket. When you hear a tone, you lit inger of plate to avoid shock (classically condiioned) Group 1: used classical condiioning: run on wheel, give shock, run on wheel to turn of shock. Group 2: sound a tone, learn that he can run on the wheel to avoid the shock. Diagram below: avoidance group learns a lot quicker. Discrete trials- single trial (as opposed to having a lever that can be pressed 100 imes. In each disinct trial, the animal has a chance to avoid the shock. Escape trial= classical condiioning: get a shock- can run to the other side to get away from it. Avoidance= able to completely avoid the shock: hear a tone and run away- no shock. Sound a tone, rat runs to other side, sound tone again, run again: rat will do this hundred of imes back and forth to avoid the shock.