PSYC 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Applied Behavior Analysis, Natural Selection, Edward C. Tolman
28 Sep 2016
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Psych book notes chapter 4: basic processes of learning. Classical conditioning: fundamentals of classical conditioning, what is learned in classical conditioning, conditioned fear, liking , hunger and sexual arousal, conditioned drug reactions. Operant conditioning: from the law of effect to operant conditioning: from thorndike to skinner, principles of reinforcement, discrimination training in operant conditioning, when rewards backfire: the over justification effect in humans, behavior analysis. Beyond classical and operant theories of learning: play, exploration, and observation: play: how the young learn how, exploration: how animals learn what and where, social learning: learning by watching and interacting with others. Specialized learning abilities: filling the blanks in species-typical behavior patterns: special abilities for learning what to eat, other examples of special learning abilities. Learning any process through which experience at one time can alter an individual"s behavior at a future time: experience any effects of the environment that are mediated by the individual"s sensory systems.
