PSYC 2110 Study Guide - Final Guide: Classical Conditioning, Developmental Psychology, Neural Plate
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What is developmental psychology: scientific study of change in behaviour as organism grows, matures and gains experience with the world around them. Why is research focused on infants & children: rapid development period, long term effects, window into adult behaviour, real world applications. Permanent change in behaviour potentially as a result of repeated practice/experience. Behaviour doesn"t have to be observable (fmri) Reflex- biological determined behaviours that is always elicited by particular stimulus: pavlov & watson (conditioned reflex method) Behaviour is called respondent behaviour (behaviour due to a specific stimulus, usually via classical conditioning) Elements of classical conditioning: unconditioned stimulus (us) Produces natural automatic response (i. e. smell of food in. Unlearned response to us (i. e. feeling of hunger to smell of food: conditioned stimulus (cs) Stimulus which an organism has learned to a response (was natural) Doesn"t elicit ur itself: conditioned response (cr) Form of response may be different than ur.
