PSYC 2130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Neoteny, Classical Conditioning, Contiguity

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2130
• Professor: Krista A Phillips

Document Summary

Neoteny: period of dependency where youngsters are dependent on their parents. The youngsters must be provided with care and they must also learn and be socialized: central position of behavioral perspectives on personality. Personality consists of all of a person"s learned tendencies that have been acquired through experience. It"s nothing more than a residue: general characteristics of behavioral theories, classical conditioning. * classical conditioning explanations of personal likes/dislikes and attitudes ( razran study) 19th century, there was movement in psychology and physiology that emphasized learning as a physiology. Sechenov all associations between events and ideas can best be understood in terms of reflexes and their neurological bases. To get cc to work, you need to get two things: 1) temporal contiguity must occur together ring the bell and right after you present meat powder and 2) repetition - repeat it for the dog to be conditioned. Cc context in humans, most cc involves responses with emotional qualities.