PSYC 1010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Contiguity, Reinforcement, Behaviorism

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

This approach is interested in looking at overt (observable) behavior and determining their antecedents (history, background) and consequences. Learning: a relatively durable change in behavior that occurs as a result of experience or practice. Types of learning (conditioning): classical conditioning (pavlov, operant or instrumental (skinner, observational. It is an r (response) that is automatic or reflexive and that requires no prior learning. In pavlov"s experiment, he noticed that when his dog saw food, he would begin salivating. In the background, a bell was ringing while the dog saw the food, causing the dog to make the association between the bell and the food. Therefore, when the dog heard the bell, he would begin salivating. Example 2: let"s say you had an uncle who, when he says, hello to you, he also gives you a big hard slap on the back.