PSYC-3060 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Classical Conditioning, Behaviorism, Operant Conditioning
30 Aug 2018
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Learning-any relatively durable change in behavior or knowledge from experience (behaviorist definition) Conditioning- learning associations between environmental stimuli and the organism"s responses: classical vs. operant conditioning, classical: reflexive response (people with cavities cringe if heard surgical drill, operant: voluntary responses (you work and you get a paycheck) Classical conditioning learning in which a stimulus acquires the capacity to evoke a response that was originally revoked by another stimulus: stimulus ---> response, ex] bring food to dog and dog salvate(unconditioned stimulusit"s an unlearned reaction) *unconditioned stimulus evokes unconditioned response: when dog salivates when just hears bell and no food it becomes a conditioned (learned) stimulus (***pg 202, principles of classical conditioning, 1) acquisition- initial stage of learning something. Stimulus occur together in space or time. Best: condition stimulus just before (ring bell and give food: 2) extinction- gradual weakening and disappearance of conditioned response tendency.
