Chapter 12 - Biological Dispostiions In Learning Flashcards
Preparedness is seen in both….
Classical and operant conditioning
Taste aversion conditioning
One classical conditioning which include item has been paired with illness and now becomes a conditioned aversive stimulus
Adjunctive behavior
Schedule induced behavior
Rat adjunctive behavior example
When rat presses a lever receives food there’s a pause were food is not been received so he compensates for drinking water to distract himself which is the adjunct of behavior
Activity anorexia
Abnormally high-level of activity and low level of food intake generated by exposure to a restricted schedule a feeding
Anorexia nervosa
Saint Beatric disorder in which patients refuse to eat adequate amounts of food and it was all lose extremely mentally
Underlying mechanisms of self-destructive nature of activity anorexia
Hormones and neurotransmitters
Behavior systems theory
Animal behavior is organized into certain systems or categories (feeding, mating) with each system containing a set of responses that become activated in certain situations
Behavior systems theory feeding example
When Rob comes hungry he begins to either salivate you or set to handle or look for food and all depends but there are set responses
Preparedness
Biological tendency to develop fear conditioning to move the more relevant behavior event