PSY-PC 2600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning, Information Processing

• School: Vanderbilt University
• Department: Psychology and Human Development
• Course: PSY-PC 2600
• Professor: Leigh Wadsworth

Document Summary

According to bbe - communication between neurons and the storage of information on dendrites. Learning = change in behavior, processes by which you learn are: Classical conditioning - foundation of behaviorism - ucs, ucr, cs, cr. No role for thought, difficult to do for group. Rewards - giving something for past behavior - not related to this. Reinforcement - repeating the past to continue behavior - always trying to increase. Giving something undesirable in order to increase the likelihood of repeated behavior decrease the likelihood of behavior. Ex: pay raises, tax breaks for charity. Taking away something desirable in order increase likelihood of repeated behavior to decrease the likelihood of a behavior. Need to connect to a specific behavior. Only take away homework if the learning has been demonstrated - don"t take it away. Not trying to get to a correct answer, personal perception. Sensory memory - unconscious, < 1 second duration, large capacity.