midterm 2 psych notes ૮ ྀི⸝⸝◞ ˕ ◟⸝⸝ ྀིა

hedonic adaptation - the adaptation to ones sitution (i.e money) ex. someone who started with 5 candy bars gets 100 more and is happy, but eventually looks for more candy bars

reinforcement schedules

• continuous reinforcer: follows every response
• fixed interval: response after specific time period is reinforced
• variable interval: reponse after varying time period is reinforced
• fixed ratio: fixed number of responses must occur before reinforcement
• variable ratio: varying number of responses must occur before reinforcement

overreactive - can't reason well / too emotional / alarm bells going off all the time / becoming too paranoid

underreactive - not able to empathize or engage / not keeping yourself safe / not thinking abt consequences

it's lacking*