PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Classical Conditioning, Habituation, Observational Learning
14 Nov 2016
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Chapter 6: learning: behavioural theory & foundations of the process of learning, pavlov & classical conditioning (nature & function, skinner & operant conditioning (nature & function, bandura & observational learning. Where did we get this ability to learn? (in dna, from environment) Wild mouse did better on maze recall that mouse with removed genome associated with learning. Tendency to perform a behaviour is changed by learning (like consequence = repeat, dislike consequence = do less) (adaptive process) Can make connections between environment and behaviour. Behavioural theories (of learning) try to relate responses to stimuli with focus on explaining current and predicting future behaviour kind of dehumanistic approach, but effective clinically. Evolutionary theories (of learning) focus on adaptive aspects of learning for survival. Learning can be observed by change of behaviour only (bear stops going back to that stream) Can still learn w/o changing behaviour (eh. stop drop and roll)
