01:830:101 Lecture 17: Psychology 101 Module 21 Outline
6 Jun 2018
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Module 21: Basic Learning Concepts and Classical Conditioning
Basic Learning Concepts and Classical Conditioning
▪ What is learning?
▪ Process of acquiring through experience new information or behaviors
▪ How do we learn?
▪ Through association: Certain events occur together (classical conditioning); Stimuli that
are not control are associated and response is automatic (respondent behavior)
▪ Through consequences: Association between a response and consequences is learned
(operant conditioning)
▪ Through acquisition of mental information that guides behavior: Cognitive learning
Classical Conditioning
▪ Watson
▪ Influenced by Pavlov
▪ Theoretical goal of science of psychology is prediction and control of behavior
▪ Behaviorism
▪ Psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without
reference to mental processes.
▪ Most research psychologists today agree with (1) but not with (2).
▪ Pavlov
▪ Studied digestive system; first Russian Nobel Prize (1904)
▪ Demonstrated associative learning via salivary conditioning
Basic
▪ Classical conditioning: Type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and
anticipate events
▪ Neutral stimulus (NS): In classical conditioning, a stimulus that causes no response before
conditioning
▪ Unconditioned response (UR): In classical conditioning, an unlearned, naturally occurring
response (such as salivation) to an unconditioned stimulus (US) (such as food in the mouth)
▪ Unconditioned stimulus (US): in classical conditioning, a stimulus that unconditionally —
naturally and automatically — triggers an unconditioned response (UR)
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