PSYCH211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Dishabituation, Aplysia, Fetus
27 Mar 2017
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Babi over and over until no reaction habituation shown by decreased heart rate. In dishabituation, stimuli are simple and repetition is in a short period of time (ex. Dishabituation: poem is longer and more complex so dishabituation is not easy like a good song, you kinda just want to hear it more the more you hear it. Just because you react to something, doesn"t mean you like it* Cat in the hat pacifier experiment: (tested at 4 days) Science to baby sucking nipple or pacifier sucks as burst of reaction and then rest although mouth is still on but just no activity (= interburst. Intervals: book is read to fetus and when born hook baby up to pacifier to measure. Some babies - if babies slow down long enough (longer interburst interval), they will be able to hear story again (= reward: others opposite (rewarded if shorter)
