PS101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Conditioned Taste Aversion, John B. Watson, Learning
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Can be divided into two major categories: associative and non-associative learning. A change that occurs as the result of experiences that lead us to link two or more stimuli. Example: cringing at the whine of a dental drill because you associate the sound with the pain the drill has caused you in the past. Does not require the linking or association of stimuli. Refers to learning following repeated exposure to a single stimulus or event. This exposure causes a relatively permanent change in the strength of response. Does not require learning about an association between multiple stimuli. Does not account for the majority of learning. Two major types of non-associative learning, habituation and sensitization. A form of learning where organisms decrease response to a stimulus after repeated stimulus presentation. A tool for familiarizing with stimuli and then testing for recognition and discrimination.
