PSYC1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Discrimination Learning, Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning
23 Aug 2018
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Contingency: does the learner know what behaviour is being punished, needs to be sufficiently intense to be long lasting, needs to occur immediately after behaviour. 12:01 pm: application of an aversive stimulus to suppress an unwanted behaviour, must occur consistently when the unwanted behaviour occurs. Observational learning: learning by observing the behaviour of others (models, imitation of a model"s behaviour depends on: Whether the model was rewarded or punished for their behaviour (vicarious conditioning) Operant conditioning: the learning of a new association between behaviour and its consequences, it is learning through reinforcement (reward) and punishment, behaviour (response) is voluntary, behaviour is modified according to its consequences. Thorndike"s law of effect: studied cats placed in puzzle boxes, law of effect. Behaviour that results in a reward will be more likely to recur in the future. Behaviour that results in punishment will be less likely to recur in the future.
