PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Fear Conditioning, Classical Conditioning, Reinforcement
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6. 1 classical conditioning: learning by association 2. Pavlov"s dogs: classical conditioning of salivation 2. 6. 2 operant conditioning: learning through consequences 3. Positive and negative reinforcement and punishment 4. 6. 3 cognitive and observational learning 6. 6. 1 classical conditioning: learning by association: learning is a process by which behaviour or knowledge changes as a result of experience, cognitive learning reading, listening and taking notes to acquire new information, associative learning. Pavlov"s dogs: classical conditioning of salivation: classical conditioning or pavlovian conditioning learning that occurs when a neutral stimulus elicits a response that was originally caused by another stimulus. Classical conditioning and the brain: the hebb rule suggests that when a weak connection between neurons is stimulated at the same time as a strong connection, the weak connection becomes strengthened. Evolutionary role for fear conditioning: a healthy fear is important for survival, preparedness is the biological predisposition to rapidly learn a response to a particular class of stimuli.
