PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement
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Classical conditioning: teach the animal to have a response. Primary reinforcer: something that satisfies a biological need. Conditioned stimulus: using a neutral item and forming an association with it. Operant conditioning: teach the animal to learn a behaviour. Shaping: any process to used to train new behaviours: real definition: gradual modification of an animals behaviour through a series of successive approximations. Associate conditioned response to a neutral stimulus. We can make a strong association between sound and food. And sound can be delivered as a reward immediately. When you want an association to form between the conditioned stimulus and an unconditioned response . Phondyke law: in order for a behaviour to be acquired, the reward must be presented immediately. Extension (2 or less bar presses within 5 mins) Drag lab4 startfile from desktop and place it on top. Experiment isolate sniffy for 10 mins (2 boxes) click handle bar to stop.
