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 (ns) ➝ chemo (us) ➝ immunosuppression (ur)
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
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 (ns) ➝ chemo (us) ➝ immunosuppression (ur)
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