PSYC 2410 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Scientific Method, Forego, Applied Behavior Analysis
7 Nov 2012
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Learning is a process by which experience produces a relatively enduring change in an organism"s behaviour or capabilities. Classical conditioning (pavlovian conditioning) occurs when two stimuli become associated with each other. An organism learns to associate two stimuli, such that one stimulus comes to produce a response that originally was produced only by the other stimulus. Operant conditioning we learn to associate our responses with specific consequents. Observational learning is where we learn by watching others behave. Habituation is a decrease in the strength of response to a repeated stimulus. Sensitization is an increase in the strength of response to a repeated stimulus. Acquisition refers to the period during which a response is being learned. Unconditioned response (ucr) is a natural, unlearned (unconditioned) reflex. Conditioned response (ur) is a learned (conditioned) response. Simultaneous pairing is when the cs and ucs are presented at the same time.
