PSYC 2510 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Programmed Learning, Mirror Neuron, Albert Bandura

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2510
• Professor: Agnieszka Kopinska

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Classical conditioning types of learning in which a stimulus acquires the capacity to evoke a response that was originally evoked by another stimulus (a. k. a pavlovian conditioning) Operant conditioning form of learning in which responses come to be controlled by their consequences (another name is instrumental learning) 5: secondary response (or conditioned reinforcers) are events that acquire reinforcing qualities by being associated with primary reinforcers) Reinforcement and superstitious behaviour: central process in reinforcement is the strengthening of a response, primary reinforcers are unlearned, they are closely ties to satisfaction of physiological needs. In contrast, secondary reinforcers acquire their reinforcing quality through conditioning. Schedules of reinforcement: determines which occurrences of a specific response result in the presentation of a reinforcer, continuous reinforcement occurs when a designated response is reinforced. Cognitive processes in conditioning: latent learning and cognitive maps: tolman emphasized the role of cognition in learning, and he added the concepts latent learning and cognitive maps to the study of learning.