CGSC170 Lecture 2: CGSC LEC2
14 Feb 2017
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A branch of psychology, became the dominant movement. Goal of behaviorism is the prediction and control of behavior. Classi(cid:272)al co(cid:374)ditio(cid:374)i(cid:374)g: pa(cid:448)lo(cid:448)(cid:859)s dog: observe unconditioned stimulus which elicits an unconditioned response (reflexive, ex. Meat powder >> salivating: repeatedly pair unconditioned stimulus with a conditioned stimulus, ex. Pair meat powder with the sound of tuning fork: use conditioned stimulus to elicit conditioned response, ex. Use of positive or negative reinforcement to modify operant behavior. Latent learning (in rats) tolman and honzik: behaviorist: believed learning resulted from conditioning, conducted experiments on how mice learn to navigate mazes, 3 groups of rats. Unrewarded for 10 days, then receives reward: results: Group 1 learns to navigate the maze first. Once they start getting a reward, group 3 learns to navigate maze much more quickly than group 1: conclusion. Rats in group 3 were learning the maze without reinforcement during first 10 days. Beha(cid:448)io(cid:396)ists did(cid:374)(cid:859)t ha(cid:448)e a(cid:374) e(cid:454)pla(cid:374)atio(cid:374) fo(cid:396) these (cid:396)esults.
