PSYC104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Classical Conditioning, Car Alarm, Learning
14 Aug 2018
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Learning any enduring change in the way an organism responds, based on its experiences. Learning classical conditioning (cid:858)broke(cid:374) elevator phe(cid:374)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)o(cid:374)(cid:859: sirens. Four types of learning: noticing and ignoring sensation and habituation, learning what events signal classical conditioning, learning about consequences operant conditioning, social/observational learning aka modelling. Learning from the mistakes and successes of others. Key aspects of learning: change/adaptation by learning is flexible, necessary for survival, enduring through life-time, association. Motivation is necessary for learned behaviour to be performed. Conditioning learning links between stimuli and behavioural responses. Instincts (cid:271)ehaviours that o(cid:272)(cid:272)ur as a result of a(cid:374) orga(cid:374)is(cid:373)(cid:859)s ge(cid:374)otype. Reflexes behaviours that occur as a result of an automatic reaction to some environmental change or condition. Temporary changes to behaviour that are the result of external stimuli such as fatigue, drugs, illness, etc. are not classified as learning. Associative learning result of learning to associate one stimulus with another. Non-associative learning learning that results from the impact of one particular stimulus.
