PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Tantrum, Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning
16 Mar 2016
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A process by which behaviour or knowledge changes as a result of experience. 3 types: classical conditioning (associative learning), operant conditioning (associative learning), cognitive learning. How it works: after repeatedly being exposed to 2 stimuli occurring in sequence, we associate those 2 with each other. Result: out natural response to one stimulus is now triggered by the new stimulus. Example: see lightning (stimulus 1), hear thunder (stimulus 2), we learn to cover our ears to lightning to avoid sound of thunder. How it works: we learn to associate our behavior with consequences. Result: we learn to repeat behaviors that were followed by good results and avoid behaviors that were followed by bad results. Example: child says please (response) to get a cookie (good consequences), and learns to avoid grabbing cookie, because this is led to scolding (response) and no cookie (bad consequence) Refers to getting new behaviours and information mentally, rather than by direct experience.
