PSYC 2230 Lecture 5: CH5 Conditioning, Learning

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2230
• Professor: Dr Frank Marchese

Document Summary

Learning: several types of learning influence the development of motives. Motivated behaviours are acquired and directed by learning. Pavlovian or respondent conditioning: a procedure whereby formerly neutral stimuli gain control over behaviour. Cs motivates the organism to respond in a manner similar to the motivating effect on the organism"s behaviour. way it responds to the uc. Prior to conditioning the cs had no: the motivating properties of the cs are acquired by association with the. Ns became a cs leading to cr: cs activates the ucs process which is connected to a response a: Classical conditioning is associated with the acquisition of motivational states. Watson and rayner"s (1920) study of little albert showed that a 10 month old child could form a conditioned emotional reaction to previously neutral stimuli. Woodworth pointed out: the drive state has direction leading to approach, and in little albert"s case, avoidance of previously neutral stimuli that were paired with an aversive ucs.