PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Mirror Neuron, Piggy Bank, Bobo Doll Experiment
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Two processes of change in our development maturation and learning. Learning: a process by which behaviour or knowledge changes as a result of experience: allows us to adapt to our environment, three types of learning. Types of associative learning: classical conditioning: associating stimuli with each other, operant conditioning: associating responses with consequences (which actions to do more and which to do less, cognitive learning: learning though observation and information. Classical conditioning: after repeated exposure to two stimuli occurring in sequence, we associate those stimuli with each other, our natural response to one stimulus is now triggered by the new, predictive stimulus, ex. See lightning (s1), hear thunder (s2); after repetition, we learn to cover our ears to lighting to avoid sound of thunder. Operant or instrumental conditioning: we learn to associate our response (behaviour) with consequences, we learn to repeat behaviours that were followed by good results and to avoid behaviours that were followed by bad results, ex.
