Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Fixed Action Pattern, Tabula Rasa, Ethology

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Two major classes of theories: single factor and two factor, single factor theories: assertion is that one type of learning is predominant. One basic process or principle underlies all forms of learning such as principle of contiguity and principle of reinforcement. Principle of contiguity: response in the presence of a particular stimuli leads to learning through the formation of an association (strongly linked to. However, it is not entirely absent from the operant paradigm which may also be interpreted via contiguity. Principle of reinforcement: clark hull"s original operant learning paradigm. Contention is that drive reduction is the motivating factor in learning: hunger eat reduction of drive to eat. However, an unconditioned stimulus may also be interpreted as setting up a drive reduction situation: two factor theories: most notable theorists who used the combination of contiguity and reinforcement are e. l. thorndike and b. f. skinner.