MGHB02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Occupational Stress, B. F. Skinner, Operant Conditioning
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January 10, 2017- lecture 2: learning and stress. Learning: any process through which practice or experience at one time can alter an individual"s behaviour at another time: kids learn crying is a good way to get attention. Classical conditioning: occurs when a neutral object comes to elicit a reflexive response when it is associated with a stimulus that already produces that response: pavlov"s dogs. Observational learning: occurs when behaviours are acquired or modified following exposure to others performing the behaviour: bobo doll experiment. Saw an adult beating up a doll and kids copied after the adult left: attractive, credible, competent, high-status people are most likely to be imitated. Self efficacy: beliefs about ability to successfully perform the task. Others telling you that you can do something increases your efficacy. Self regulation: use of learning principles to regulate one"s own behaviour, self-regulation involves: Reinforce: discrepancy reduction and discrepancy production. Discrepancy between where you are and where you want to be.
