PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Operant Conditioning Chamber, Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Ingrid Johnsrude

Document Summary

Week 11 lecture notes- operant and classical conditioning. What kind of learning is riding a bike: classical conditioning, operant conditioning (repeated behaviours of good outcomes, such as balancing and riding at a specific speed as to not fall, habituation, observational learning. What about getting a vaccination needle? classical conditioning: you learn to associate the sight of the nurse and needle with pain; learns to anticipate pain. Behaviours that are learned through experience are learned. Habituation: a stimulus predicts nothing of consequence; ie it"s not relevant or important. Operant conditioning: associations between our behaviours and outcomes. A particular behaviour predicts a particular state of affairs. No evidence of reliable or predictive responding from external stimuli. No evidence that patient is aware of themselves or surroundings. Antecedent stimulus (context)-->behaviour (response)-->consequences (effect) eg. no light in the room-->turn on light switch-->light turns on.