PSY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Classical Conditioning, Observational Learning, Operant Conditioning

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 102
• Professor: Paul Brunet

Document Summary

Lecture preview: classical conditioning, operant conditioning, observational learning. Learning: change in an organism"s behaviour or thought as a result of experience, many different kinds, most basic are habituation and sensitization, responding to stimuli less or more over time. Large amounts of learning occur though association: simple associations provided the mental building blocks for more complex ideas. Classical conditioning: associating one stimulus with another - pavlov. One stimulus elicits a response that was originally elicited only by the other simulus: acquisition. Period during which association is being learned. Have stimulus and a response to it which requires no learning. 4 important elements ( *** midterm short answer : neutral stimulus (ns, unconditioned stimulus (ucs) Elicits a reflexive or innate, uconditioned response (ucr) without prior learning: unconditioned response (ucr) Response elicited by the usc without prior learning: conditioned stimulus (cs) Through association with the ucs, comes to elicit a conditioned response similar to the original ucr: conditioned response (cr)