PSYC 397 Lecture Notes - Classical Conditioning, Behaviorism, Edward C. Tolman
17 Mar 2014
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Behaviourism: anecdotes of atypical animal performances, experimental approach needed to solidify psychology as a natural science. Thorndike: puzzle boxes, trial and error, reward and punishment, measure rate of learning, stimulus and response, probabilities, reinforcement. Law of effect: response that is reinforced will be remembered/learned. Law of exercise: response will be more strongly connected with the situations it is paired with the most number of times: thorndike"s two laws thought to underlie all behaviour. Pavolv added physiology to behaviourism: mechanisms of classical conditioning. Pavlov and thorndike set the stage for a later revolution. Watson: only chains of behaviour, no centrally-initiated mental processes, complex behaviour a collection of conditioned reflexes, based on the assumptions that we are not born with innate behaviours, desire to shape children into any career. Baby albert as typical emotional learning in normal setting, normal development. Golden age of theory: spike in development of learning theories.
