PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Classical Conditioning, Corporal Punishment, Hermann Ebbinghaus
11 Apr 2016
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A process through which experience produces a relaively enduring change in behavior, thoughts or feelings (not just memorizaion) Learning associaions between events that occur in environment. --when a simulus evokes a response originally evoked by another simulus. --when voluntary responses are controlled by their consequences. Cs (weapon sound) ------us (blast) ------ur (intense fear) Cs (full stomach ater binge) -----us (inger down throat) ------ur (nausea purging) Cs (full stomach ater binge) ------cr (nausea purging) Pleasant, neutral or foul odor while viewing unfamiliar faces---rate people . Giving something pleasant taking away something unpleasant (feed rat) (take away stock) Punishment (decreases behavior) (shock rat) (take away food) --when possible: reinforce desirable behaviors rather than punishing undesirable behaviors. --punishment works best under certain condiions: be applied smoothly, switly, quick (immediately ater behavior) Just efecive (no more) suitable: consistently, always, all the ime, not randomly. Studying for test closer to exam date ---set ime period. --consistent but lower response rate than fixed interval.
