PSYC85H3 Chapter 11: Chapter 11 Notes
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Influenced by thondike and watson and with neuro approaches. Gurthrie (1886-1959: believed laws of thought were just conventions, not really laws, contiguity was most impt. Contiguity: combination of stim. act to produce movement, not just one, and only some stim work (combos i. e. cues or signals, distinguished between act and movements, movements make act, but act doesn"t define movements. Repetition: had associationist view (conditioning is associating btw stim and movements) , but repetition doesn"t strengthen, it associates with more stim. Reward: believed reward doesn"t strengthen stim + response, rather, reward reinforces response (the last thing it"s done before reward) One-t r ial learning: proposed breaking habits: should find cues and tie diff responses to them www. notesolution. com. Clark l. hull (1884-1952: saw conditiing as only mechanism for learning and needed to explain motivation, motiviation theory based on drive, d rive: persistent stimulus ext. /int. (motivation) Logical positivist procedures, formal, as opposite to guthrie.
