PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Classical Conditioning, Tantrum, Reinforcement
16 Feb 2016
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Two processes of change in our development: A process by which behavior or knowledge changes as a: maturation, learning. Three types: classical conditioning, operant conditioning, cognitive conditioning. We learn to associate our response (behaviour) with consequences. Acquiring new behaviours and information mentally, rather than by direct experience. We learn to repeat behaviours that were followed by good results and to avoid behaviours that were followed by bad results. A child learns to say please (response) in order to get a cookie (good consequence) Learns to avoid grabbing cookie (response) because this led to scolding and no cookie (bad consequence) Using language to acquire information about events experienced by others. After repeated exposure to two stimuli occurring in sequence, we associate those stimuli with each other. Our natural response to one stimulus is now triggered by new, predictive stimulus. See lightning (stimulus 1), hear thunder (stimulus 2)
