PS261 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning Chamber, Systems Theory
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Elicited behavior: triggered by a stimulus: with habituation, the elicited behavior is unlearned; while when a cs is paired with a us, elicited behavior is learned, such as with classical conditioning. Emitted behavior: subject initiates behavior, and behavior is alread(cid:455) part of the su(cid:271)je(cid:272)t"s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ioral repertoire: example: pavlo(cid:448)"s dog (cid:449)ould(cid:374)"t salivate to tone before classical conditioning but rat starts lever pressing experiment with all behaviors needed to press lever. Likely before instrumental conditioning these behaviors happen with a certain frequency and then after instrumental conditioning they happen with a different frequency (either more or less often). Instrumental behaviors are also goal-directed, because consequences received are directly related to behavior. Instrumental conditioning is all about how consequences of behavior can influence future frequency of behavior. According to thorndike, the outcome was not part of the association. Tolman: many of his ideas and experimental designs were ahead of his time.
