PSY 2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Classical Conditioning, Observational Learning, Operant Conditioning
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Learning: systematic, relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs through experience. Behaviorism: theory of learning that focuses solely on observable behaviors, discounts importance of mental activity. Associative learning & conditioning: classical conditioning, association between two stimuli, operant conditioning, association between behavior and consequence. Observational learning: observing and imitating another"s behavior. Reflex: autonomic, without prior learning: unconditioned stimulus (us, unconditioned response (ur) Learning: association, after pairing of stimuli: conditioned stimulus (cs, conditioned response (cr) Russain physiologist, never intended to do psychological research. Won the nobel prize for his work on digestion. Remembered for his experiments on basic learning process, not for his experiments on physiology. Ivan pavlov developed the principled of classical conditioning. Before conditioning, the ringing of a bell does not bring about salivation making the bell a neutral stimulus. In contrast, meat naturally brings about salivation, making the meat an unconditioned stimulus and salivation an unconditioned response.
