PSY 110 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Classical Conditioning, B. F. Skinner, Learning

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 110
• Professor: Gillis

Document Summary

6 kinds of learning: habitual/sensitization, habituation- creating habits based on simulation in your environment. Animals stop responding to the stimuli that is no longer important to you (getting used to the same thing). Pavlov"s original studies of classical conditioning: ucs (ex: sight and smell of a food) leads to ucr (ex: salivation) Know about thorndike, his puzzle boxes and his law of effect and how that law provides definitions for reward and punishment. Know the basics of b. f. skinner"s work on the schedules of reinforcement including the 4 types of partial reinforcement. Know the difference between negative reinforcement and punishment. Know the difference between shaping (also known as successive approximation) and chaining. Understand the term behavior modification also called behavioral therapy. Know about albert bandura"s bobo doll studies including the ideas of vicarious reinforcement and vicarious punishment and how these studies led researchers to make a distinction between learning and behavior for the first time.