PSY2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Classical Conditioning, Observational Learning, Operant Conditioning
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Inborn patterns of behavior elicited by environmental stimuli. Like reflexes, do not need to be learned. A relatively permanent change in behavior or the capacity for behavior that occurs due to experience. Change in behavior is the core of this definition. Our behavior changes as we mature from infancy through adulthood. Behavior can also be changed from brain damage or a psychological disorder. Habituation: you decrease or cease responses to a stimulus after repeated or prolonged presentations. i. e. on the first night of staying in a hotel, you might not sleep as well as you will on the second night. Occurs when we form connections among stimuli and/or behaviors: classical conditioning: we form associations between pairs of stimuli that occur sequentially in time, operant conditioning: we form associations between behaviors and their consequences. Occurs when an organism learns by modeling the actions of another: provides the advantage of transmitting information across generations within families and cultures.
