PSYC 2210 Lecture 1: Learning- Detailed notes from lecture ONE and TWO!!
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Introduction/ simple ideas, simple associations (chapter 1 and 2) Classical conditioning ivan pavlov- interested in digestion with food on the tongue which then leads them to learning. Serendipity discover of something: if your doing something don t be fixed on a goal, and ignore a potential better goal. Hypothesis ( manipulate things different outcomes which feeds back into the theroy. Excitatory potential hull e= h x d x k. H : is the number of rewards for behavior in past. D: drives which pushes you to behave. A good theory needs to be testable, can be wrong. Innate behavior patterns/ habituation/ basic principles of classical. Rats, pigeons, dogs, squirrels are used in psychology experiments. Working with anything in psychology humans or animals they need to be happy or else they re troublesome. When animals are stressed they don t perform well in experiments.
