PSCH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Albert Bandura, B. F. Skinner, Little Albert Experiment
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Learning: what is it? (as term is used in psychology) Three forms of learning (i. e, three types of learning processes) Pavlov on conditioned and unconditioned stimuli and responses. B. f. skinner on reinforcement and the probability of future reinforced behavior. I(cid:373)pli(cid:272)atio(cid:374)s of (cid:862)beha(cid:448)irois(cid:373)(cid:863): ho(cid:449) should (cid:449)e (cid:894)all(cid:895) e(cid:454)plai(cid:374) (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior. Learning is any relatively long lasting change in behavioral abilities or emotional reactions that result from experience. Ho(cid:449) do (cid:449)e get fro(cid:373) (cid:862)e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)es(cid:863) to (cid:862)lo(cid:374)g-lasti(cid:374)g (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges(cid:863): three basic types of learning. The first two (classical and operant conditioning: lear(cid:374)i(cid:374)g as a (cid:862)sti(cid:373)ulus-respo(cid:374)se(cid:863) pro(cid:272)ess. Orga(cid:374)is(cid:373) de(cid:448)elops (cid:374)e(cid:449) respo(cid:374)ses (cid:894)lear(cid:374)s(cid:895) through e(cid:454)posure to (cid:862)sti(cid:373)uli(cid:863) (objects, events) The previously neutral response (bell) no longer neutral. If you were to learn that the sound of a dentist drill predicted pain. If said person possesses some quality (appearance, sound of voice) that is a cs (in the past, you had good or bad experiences with someone with that quality)
