PSYCH 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Classical Conditioning, Behaviorism, Little Albert Experiment
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Module 21 basic learning conditions and classical conditioning. Process of acquiring new information or behaviors through experience. Through association : certain events occur together ( classical conditioning) Through consequences : association between a response and consequences is learned. Through acquisition of mental information that guides behavior: cognitive learning ( operant conditioning) Believed that the theoretical goal of science of psychology is prediction and control of behavior. Believed that psychology should be an objective science. Believed that mental thought processes had nothing to do with behavior. Psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologists today agree with (1) but not with (2). Studied digestive system; first russian nobel prize winner (1904) Classical conditioning: type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events. Neutral stimulus (ns): in classical conditioning, a stimulus that elicits no response.
