PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Classical Conditioning, Observational Learning, Operant Conditioning
6 Mar 2017
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Classical conditioning: learning to link two stimuli in a way that helps us anticipate an event to which we have a reaction (associative learning) Operant conditioning: changing behavioural responses in response to consequences (contingencies) Requires the organism to initiate an action that may cause consequences. Cognitive (latent) learning: learning that can occur without reinforcement and without being directly observable. Behaviourism: started with proponents that mental life was much less important than behaviour as a foundation for psychological science. B. watson applying principles of classical conditioning to market cars. Salivating dogs: assumed the presence of saliva was only present when food was given. A stimulus which does not trigger a response. A stimulus which triggers a response naturally, before/ without any conditioning: dogs salivating when the bell sounded. A stimulus that will trigger the learned cr: dogs learned that food would be given after hearing the bell. The learned response triggered by the cs.
