PSY 1071 Chapter Notes -Frontal Lobe, Latent Learning, Mirror Neuron
3 Mar 2014
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Learning: definition: any process through which experience at one time can alter behavior at a future time, three types of learning, classical conditioning, operant conditioning, observational learning. The main characters: edward thorndike (1847-1947, law of effect, cats in a box: box had a secret trigger that would let the cat out. In unfamiliar environments, the body doesn"t begin counteractions in time. John watson: biological predispositions, an animal"s capacity for conditioning is constrained by its biology, predispositions to learn associations that aid survival (e. g. fear of snakes and feelings of nausea with food, chemotherapy and taste aversion. Classical vs. operant conditioning: classical conditioning, the association with one stimulus with another stimulus, operant conditioning, the association of an action with a consequence, also known as instrumental learning . Operant conditioning: definition: a process of changing behavior by following a response with a reinforcement or a.
