Psychology 2035A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Thought Suppression, 18 Months, Learned Helplessness

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

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Psych 2035: lecture (chapters 3, 4, and a bit of 9) Prologue: what is perceived control: control deprivation in animals, learned helplessness in people, reactions to physical illness, controlling our thoughts. An expected relation (or contingency) between responses and outcomes (an expected response-outcome contingency) If you do x, you will achieve outcome y. Prof is talking, point appears on slide without prof clicking it. Prof had lost control of his slides!! To do that, we go back to 1964. Confronted with a dog in a shuttle-box. Shuttle-box is a box that is divided into 2 sections divided by a barrier. Dog is placed in one section of shuttle-box. Light is applied, shock is applied to bottom of box. Dog can escape shock by jumping over barrier. Process is repeated, shock is applied to that section, so dog jumps back again. They will soon learn that as soon as the light comes on, they will expect a shock.