PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Classical Conditioning, Little Albert Experiment, Operant Conditioning

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Behavioural perspective: behaviour is due to environmental histories and consequences. Approach is interested in looking at overt/observable behaviour and in determining its antecedents and consequences. Learning: is a relatively permanent change in behaviour that occurs as a result of practice or experience. Grey areas in when you can distinguish when learning has really occurred. 3 types of learning: classic conditioning( pavlov, operant conditioning(skinner, cognitive conditioning(acquired mental information) Classical conditioning * is it involuntary or voluntary (operant conditioning) interested in studying the digestive system of dogs. Dog began to salivate at the sound of a bell. 4 components in which classical conditioning is associated with: unconditioned response(ur)- respondent behaviour. An automatic on reflexive response that requires no learning. A stimulus that elicits or triggers an unconditioned response: conditioned stimulus(cs) It s a stimulus that is paired with the unconditioned stimulus, and eventually elicits a conditioned response: conditioned response(cr)