PSYC 2230 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Learned Helplessness, Systematic Desensitization, Token Economy

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2230
• Professor: Frank Marchese

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Experimental neurosis stress sho(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:271)y pa(cid:448)lo(cid:448)"s dogs due to the diffi(cid:272)ult dis(cid:272)ri(cid:373)i(cid:374)atio(cid:374: taught dogs to discriminate between circle and ellipse, when they became too similar, dogs got angry. Counterconditioning eliminating a negative cs by pairing it with a positive ucs. Systematic desensitization a patient actively relaxing while moving up the anxiety hierarchy. Interoceptive conditioning when cc is applied to internal organs. Intero-exteroceptive internal us and external ucs: ucs: food, cs: cool water in uterus, ucr/cr: salivating. Intero-interoceptive internal cs and ucs: ucs: co2 to the lungs, cs: intestinal distention, ucr/cr: defensive breathing, extero-interoceptive conditioning external cs and internal ucs, ucs: bladder distension, cs: dial readings, ucr/cr: needing to pee. Implications: unawareness, cannot be avoided, carry it with us, more permanent than cc. Preparedness hypothesis associability of events in the environment is a continuum: prepared, unprepared, contra prepared associations. Types of reinforcers: primary repo(cid:374)ses i(cid:374)here(cid:374)tly, ex.