PSYC214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Reinforcement, Classical Conditioning, Seat Belt
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Instrumental conditioning: three elements, stimulus context (s) Instrumental response ( r: reinforcer or response outcome (o, example. S: sight, smell or thought of coffee: r: going to caf to but a coffee, pleasant taste/caffeine hit. The s-r association and law of effect: thorndike: law of effect, s-r association key to instrumental learning. Stimulus: cigarette - response: smoking - outcome: pleasant physiological effects: association is formed between cigarette and smoking behaviour (s-r, this s-r association is strengthened by the pleasant physiological outcomes of smoking but doesn"t motivate you to smoke. The s-r association and expectancy of reward: according to the law of effect the reinforcer (or outcome) o does not motivate the response (r , hull (1930,1931) and spence (1956) argued against this . Two-process theroy (rescorla & solomon, 1967: both classical conditioning and instrumental conditioning are involved and have to consider pavloivan conditioning when looking at instrumental.
