PSYC 2000 Chapter : Ch 5Learning1
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Learning: any relatively permanent change in behavior brought about by experience of practice. Three key concepts of learning: classical conditioning, operant conditioning, cognitive theory. Classical conditioning: learning to make a reflex response (involuntary) to a stimulus other than the original, natural stimulus that normally produces the reflex: ivan pavlov: discovered this idea of classical conditioning. Studied salivation, noticed the dogs would salivate before the food was present: john b. watson: little albert experiment, conditioned baby to be afraid of things normal babies wouldn"t be afraid of. 5 seconds apart is ideal): pairing needs to occur several times, the conditioned stimuli usually needs to be distinctive or stands out from other competing stimuli. The neutral stimulus can become a second conditioned. Key concepts of operant cond: reinforcement, primary/ secondary, positive/ neg, schedules of reinforcement, partial / continuous, fixed/ variable - interval/ ratio, punishment, application/ removal.
