PSYCH 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Classical Conditioning, Bobo Doll Experiment, Mirror Neuron
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Module 21: basic learning concepts and classical conditioning. Realized that when the light went on, the dog salivated. Association that pairs something that can produce something (salivating) and not associative (light) Process of acquiring through experience new information of behaviors. Association: certain events occur together (classical conditioning), stimuli that are not control are associated and response is automatic (respondent) Consequences: association between a response and consequences is learned (operant conditioning) Acquisition of mental info that guides behavior: cognitive learning. Theoretical goal of science of psychology is prediction and control of 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) Studies digestive system, first russian nobel prize (1904) Classical (pavlovian) conditioning: type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events.
