Psychology 1000 Chapter 7, 226-250: chapter 7 - classical and operant

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Process by which experience produces a relatively enduring change in an organism"s behaviour or capabilities: highlights a distinction made by many theorists. Knowing how or learning, vs doing or performace. Basic learning processes: habituation and sensitization. Involve a change in behaviour that results from repeated exposure to a single stimulus: two forms of conditioning. Occurs when two stimuli become associated with each other. Seeing a dog being bitten becomes associated such that one stimulus now triggers new response (fear: operant conditioning. Learn to associate our responses with specific consequences. Our examination of learning considers observational learning, in which we learn by watching others behave. Learning makes it possible for us to adapt to challenges. Learning is a process of personal adaptation to the ever changing circumstances of our lives. Decrease in the strength of response to a repeated stimulus. May be the simplest form of learning and occurs across species: ex.