Simple Stimulus Learning Psychology
Simple Stimulus Learning
Simple Stimulus Learning
Throughout time learning has been described as the gaining of information. When one learns, they are responding to stimuli that have triggered their ability to acknowledge what is going on around them. An operational definition of stimulus can be something or someone that initiated or has been viewed as starting a response. In other words “much of our behavior consists of learned responses to simple signals” (Northern College, 2003). There are various forms of simple stimulus learning that humans and animals can possess. The following paper will describe what habituation is, what factors that can affect perceptual learning, the effects of stimulus exposure, and stimulus learning related to real life situations.
Explaining Habituation
Terry (2009) defines habituation as “the decrease in orienting (and other) reactions to a stimulus that is repeatedly repeated (p. 27). This meaning that overtime new stimuli will become less responsive the more the stimuli are shown and familiarize with. In psychology, the term habituation can be used in two similar ways. The first way is to repetitively show a stimulus and the second way will be the response decrease and the effect it has. This particular learning will show how a subject’s response …show more content…
At a meeting at work, the center manager went over a few safety precautions that had occurred at the building. It was announced that black widow spiders had been spotted on some of the playground areas. The local pest control was called in but for extra security purposes the teachers were notified what to look for by pictures shown of the spiders. The next morning while at recess the author was able to spot out the spiders because of being prior exposed to pictures. In this case the safety of both the students and teachers were saved from the use of priming methods the administrator
Simple Stimulus Learning
Throughout time learning has been described as the gaining of information. When one learns, they are responding to stimuli that have triggered their ability to acknowledge what is going on around them. An operational definition of stimulus can be something or someone that initiated or has been viewed as starting a response. In other words “much of our behavior consists of learned responses to simple signals” (Northern College, 2003). There are various forms of simple stimulus learning that humans and animals can possess. The following paper will describe what habituation is, what factors that can affect perceptual learning, the effects of stimulus exposure, and stimulus learning related to real life situations.
Explaining Habituation
Terry (2009) defines habituation as “the decrease in orienting (and other) reactions to a stimulus that is repeatedly repeated (p. 27). This meaning that overtime new stimuli will become less responsive the more the stimuli are shown and familiarize with. In psychology, the term habituation can be used in two similar ways. The first way is to repetitively show a stimulus and the second way will be the response decrease and the effect it has. This particular learning will show how a subject’s response …show more content…
At a meeting at work, the center manager went over a few safety precautions that had occurred at the building. It was announced that black widow spiders had been spotted on some of the playground areas. The local pest control was called in but for extra security purposes the teachers were notified what to look for by pictures shown of the spiders. The next morning while at recess the author was able to spot out the spiders because of being prior exposed to pictures. In this case the safety of both the students and teachers were saved from the use of priming methods the administrator