PSY 102 Study Guide - Final Guide: Stuffed Toy, Reinforcement, Operant Conditioning Chamber
9 Apr 2015
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Learning: process produces change in behaviour or knowledge as a result of an individual"s experience. As a result of experience, modify new behaviours and cope with day to day experiences. Conditioning: basic form of associate learning between environmental events and behavioural responses. Change in an organism"s behaviour or thought as a result of experience. Many different kinds, most basic are habituation and sensitization. Responding to stimuli less or more over time. Large amounts of learning occur though association. Doesn"t produce new behaviour, just learning new associations: operant conditioning. Repeat acts that are followed by good results and avoid acts that are followed by bad results. Russian physiologist and 1904 nobel prize winner on work on digestion. Most famous for work on digestion of the dog. Noticed dog began to salivate before food on dog"s tongue, without food on tongue. He thought dog should salivate after food on tongue not before.
