PSYCH 3312 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning, Fetus
17 Feb 2018
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Gluck, mercado, & myers ch 12 pg 473-482 https://osu. instructure. com/courses/23531/files/5436095?module_item_id=1179297. By 25 weeks in the womb, the fetus can learn sounds. Fetal habituation can be observed in nonhuman species, like rats, too. Teaching babies sucking patterns = operant conditioning. Every kind of learning that is present in adults is present in young children, in a lesser form. Infant learning is context-dependent, just like adult learning. Babies can roll over by 5. 5 months, sit up by 7, and stand/walk by 12. Classical conditioning takes longer to develop if the cs and us do not overlap. Generalization = ability to transfer past learning to new situations. Acquired equivalence = learning one stimulus generalizes to other stimuli. Elicited imitation = a technique for assessing memory in infants by observing their ability to mimic actions they have seen earlier. Sensitive period = a time window, usually early in life, during which a certain kind of learning is most effective.
