learning and motivation chapter 6

Medical Applications of Classical Conditioning * people with allergies might have a positive reaction just by looking at their allergy * various aspects of the immune system can be classically conditioned * hospital environment being associated with the immunosuppressive effect of chemotherapy * classical conditioning can be used to strengthen immune system functioning * sherbert increased natural killer cell activity after being paired with adrenaline * placebo effect: effect of pairing the appearance of the drug with the active ingredients of the drug * effects are much more likely to occur following a period of treatment with the active drug * repeated administration of a placebo by itself tends to reduce its effectiveness (process of extinction) * placebos can be used to reduce the frequency with which a patient has to take the real drug * placebo effect can be combined with the effect of the real drug to produce an enhanced form of treatment * sign of dog (ns) ➝ contact with dog (us) ➝ asthma symptoms (ur)

sign of dog (cs) ➝ asthma symptoms (cr)

hospital (cs) ➝ immunosuppression (cr)

following, reduce, extinction
elicited behavior is controlled by the stimuli that precede it
operant behaviors: behaviors that are influenced by their consequences
operant conditioning: effects of consequences on behavior. response operates on the environment to produce a consequence
also called instrumental learning because the response is instrumental in producing the consequence
consequences, precedes, follows, instrumentall