PSYC 31a Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Operant Conditioning, Starbucks, Alarm Clock
27 Mar 2017
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Thus, emphasis is on experience and learning as the primary forces that shape human behavior. Explore personality experimentally by studying behavior in laboratory settings. No free will everything determined by learning history and genetics (at least skinner) Dollard and miller psychoanalytic learning theorists. Salivary reflex could be set off by a range of other stimuli, including stimuli that were neutral initially. Associate the neutral stimulus with the presentation of the food, and after repetitions, the bell ringing triggers saliva. Ucs always elicits a reflex action. Cs and ucs associated temporally (in time) Conditioned stimulus unconditioned stimulus unconditioned response conditioned response (cs-ucs-ucr-cr) Learning occurs through associating a neutral event with circumstances that elicit a reflex. Ucs and cs must reliably appear together to best predict learning. A dog that always bites vs. a dog that sometimes bites. Strong signal strength leads to faster learning. A quiet alarm clock vs. a loud obnoxious alarm clock. Biological preparedness (rats can"t puke (throw up))
