PSY 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 42: Classical Conditioning, Lightning, Observational Learning
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Chapter 42: basic learning concepts and classical conditioning. How do we learn: psychologists state that learning enduring information or behaviors. After given clean money, they become more unselfish and fair: learned associations also feed habitual behaviors, example : repeated behaviors in a given context will make the behaviors become associated with the contexts. Then, the next experiences of the context will evoke one"s habitual responses: on average, behaviors become habitual after about 66 days, other animals also learn by association. Difficult animals can learn to associate their own behaviors with their own outcomes. those to toss it a herring: example : a sea seal will clap and bark repeatedly, which will prompt. : learning the process of acquiring through experience: associative behavior , the process of learning associations is conditioning. takes 2 forms: new information or behaviors; earning that certain events occur together.