PSYC 1020H Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Confounding, Reward System, Behaviorism
11 Apr 2017
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What makes an experiment: manipulation of factors, control, random assignment of participants to conditions. Dependent variable: factor that may change in response to an independent variable (the outcome) Confounding (nuisance) variables: a factor other than your independent variable that may be responsible for mediating the effect of the dependent variable, ex. Three basic core assumptions of behaviourism: anti-mentalism, similar processes observed across all species (monkey & treat example, learning and experience (john watson example) Basic unit of psychology: response, is any movement or change in the organism that can be , indicated or pointed to. Key concept: habituation and satiation, the condition of being satisfied or gratified following the repeated and protracted presentation of a stimulus or rewarding stimulus (ex. getting used to, tired of, or bored with)
