PSYC 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Behavior Modification, Tuning Fork, Little Albert Experiment
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Learning: any relatively permanent change in behaviors brought about by experience or practice, 3 types: types: classical conditioning, operant conditioning. Classical conditioning: key concepts: unconditioned stimulus (ucs): naturally occurring stimulus that leads to an involuntary response, unconditioned = unlearned. For little albert the ucs would be the metal bar, you don"t have to learn to be startled: unconditional response (ucr): involuntary response to naturally occurring stimulus. Putting dog food in front of a dog, salvation. First for pavlov, the ns was the bell. Conditioned response (cr): learned reflex response to a conditioned stimulus: song of an ice cream truck can make us salivate. Classical conditioning: other keys: stimulus generalization: tendency to respond to a stimulus that is only stimuli to the original conditioned stimulus. Surroundings: stimulus discrimination: tendency to stop making a generalized response that"s similar to the original conditioned stimulus because that stimulus is never paired with the unconditioned.
