PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Social Learning Theory, Classical Conditioning, Behaviorism

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Doug Mc Cann

Document Summary

Lecture 7 learning and behaviourism: define learning, a relatively permanent change in immediate or potential behaviour that results from experience. Then ucs is presented and removed: delay conditioning, cs is presented first and then ucs has delayed presentation. Both are removed simultaneously: backward conditioning, ucs is presented first and then cs has delayed presentation. Both are removed simultaneously: ranked in order of effectiveness, delay, trace, simultaneous, backward, conditioning processes, acquisition. Thus, behaviour is influence by the consequences it incites. Through operant conditioning, any voluntary behaviour can be taught: history of operant conditioning, thorndike. Law of effect behaviour is influenced by its consequences: watson, childbearing manual. Invented the coffee break for coffee advertising: b. f. skinner, operant conditioning, model of humans, walden two (book he wrote, applications, therapy, psychopathology, depression is a result of a low rate of response contingent positive reinforcement.