[PSYCH 1X03] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (37 pages long!)
1 Dec 2016
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We learn the effects of behaviour through operant conditioning. Thorndike"s experiments reveal the effects of action. The cat started to engage in behaviours that encourage reinforcer. Instrumental conditioning is learning between voluntary behaviour and its consequences. Sd - the relationship is valid, sdelta- the relationship is not valid. Sd sets the occasion for instrumental conditioning. Training yourself to study is just a matter of applying instrumental conditioning: set the conditions that will promote this behaviour by setting a sd. A red lamp turns on speci cally when you study. Once you get more studying done, give yourself a bigger reward. Shaping forms a lot of everyday behaviours. Secondary reinforcers don"t directly satisfy biological needs > established through classical conditioning. Watson: psychology should study only external behaviours, don"t rely on motivation and internal thoughts, hardcore behaviourists, natural talent does have some role. We don"t necessarily have to go through a learning trial yourself. Biological predisposition to learn through modelling behaviours.
