PSY 3103 Final: Course Review Sheet

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3103
• Professor: Catherine Plowright

Document Summary

Interval: the reinforcer will occur after a given amount of time. Conditioned learning pathways: stimulus-stimulus learning (ss): a cs is paired with a us which is naturally occurring with a ur, stimulus-response learning (sr): the cs is pared directly with the ur and overlooks the. For example, if the tone is directly paired with salivating, and food is directly paired with salivating, but the tone is not associated with the food than devaluing the food should have no effect on the animal"s behaviour. Rescolar wagner model of conditioning: places important on the element of surprise and the associative value of the stimulus. If a stimulus has a higher associative value then it has a greater chance of creating a stronger stimulus-response association. Surprise depends on how novel the stimulus and how much has already been learned about other cues for the stimulus. The four procedures in operant conditioning: positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, negative punishment.