PSYC 2600H Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Observational Learning, Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning
29 Mar 2017
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Contagious beh. (reflexive beh. triggered by the ovvurence of the same beh. in another person: yawning. Of a beh. is changed b. c an individuals attention is drawn to a particular item/location by the beh. of another person: effective for increasing the prob. Of a beh. associated with eating, drinking or mating. Observational learning in classical conditioning: vicarious emotional responses (c. c emotional responses that result from seeing those emotional responses exhibited y others. Expressions of fear in others may cat as ucs that elicit the emotion of fear in ourselves. Observational learning in operant conditioning: acquisition. First requires the observer to pay attention to the beh. of the model. What makes us attend to a model: If the observer receives reinforcement for the beh. of attending. If the observer has the skills to benefit from the modeling. The personal characteristics of a model: performance. Reinforcement and punishment work to modify our beh. in modeling situations by:
