Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Social Learning Theory, Learned Helplessness, Edward C. Tolman

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

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Evolution- the changes in behaviour that accumulate across generations are stored in the genes. Learning- the changes in behaviour that accumulate over a lifetime are stored in the central nervous system. Behaviourists argued that unobservable phenomenon aren"t necessary for an understanding of human nature. Knowledge is learned: all nurture o. Learning occurs when you recognize that one event predicts another. Ucs (unconditioned stimulus: unlearned stimulus (food, pain, etc) Salivation in response to object paired with food. Fear as a response to a situation with pain. Ns (natural response: when ucs causes ucr o. Dog salivate when presented meat powder: did not need to learn for condition to occur. No natural response: when a neutral stimulus causes no response o. Ringing a bell at a dog, no response. After learning: when a cs causes cr o. Bell directly causes salivation because it is always presented with meat powder, now the bell is a cs.