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PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes -Ranch, Classical Conditioning, Watching Movies

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University of Guelph
Department
Psychology
Course
PSYC 1000
Professor
Harvey Marmurek

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Textbook: psychology tenth edition in modules authored by david g. myers. Module 20: basic learning concepts and classical conditioning. 200 years ago, john locke and david hume echoed aristotle"s conclusion from 2000 years earlier: we learn by association. Classical conditioning learn to associate two stimuli and thus to anticipate a flash of lightning signals an impending crack of thunder; when lightning flashes, we tend to brace ourselves. Operant conditioning learn to associate a response (our behaviour) and its consequence: cattle ranch, electronic pagers and a cell phone. Beep on pager means arrival of food, learning to: observational learning (one form of cognitive learning) learn behaviours by watching others associate their hustling to the food trough with the pleasure of eating (operant) Habits from when we repeat behaviours in a given context and, as a result, learn associations often without our awareness.

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Related Questions

38. Dr. Rashinji investigates the strategies students use to solve complex physics problems. He is especially interested in what students are thinking at various stages in reaching a solution. Dr. Rashinji is studying A) classical conditioning B) prepared learning C) operant conditioning D) learning via modelling E) cognitive learning

Operant conditioning is a learning process in which subjects learn to associate ________.
A. their own behaviors with specific consequences
B. unconditioned responses with conditioned stimuli
C. the actions of others with their own responses
D. unconditioned stimuli with conditioned responses

30. Ralph is attempting to use classical conditioning to train his dog to salivate when he hears a click. To do this he gives the dog some food and then activates his clicker 5 seconds later. So far Ralph is disappointed because his dog is not learning to salivate at the sound of the clicker. The reason why the dog is not learning is that A) the 5 second delay is too long B) the clicker should be activated after he feeds the dog C) the dog is learning, but its performance does not yet reflect it D) it is only possible to train dogs with operant conditioning E) there is not enough information given to determine why the dog is not learning