PSYC 100A Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Little Albert Experiment, Learning, Classical Conditioning

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100A
• Professor: Martin Sherer Smith

Document Summary

Learning: the process of acquiring new info or behaviours by watching events, others & through language: relatively permanent change in behaviour due to experience, a product of biological, psychological & socio-cultural in uences. Behaviourism: the view that psychology should be an objective science hat studies behaviour without reference to mental processes: believe that other forms of psych are not empirical, ivan pavlov, john b. watson & b. f. skinner. Conditioning: the process of learning associations (leaning = conditioning) Cognitive learning: acquire mental info that guides our behaviour. Observational learning: observing others to learn from their experiences: rutchick - more likely to spot errors when using a red pen, than black, young - people become more sel sh when handling dirty money. Depends/varies in the animal & it"s condition: shaping: reinforcers that guide a behaviour towards closer & closer approximates of a desired behaviour. Continuos reinforcement schedule: reinforcing the desired behaviour every time it occurs.