PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Classical Conditioning, Observational Learning, Edward Thorndike
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6. 1 classical conditioning: learning by association: learning is a process by behaviour or knowledge changes as a result of experience. Chapter 6: what distinguishes the ur from the cr is the stimulus that elicits them. Salivation is a ur if it occurs in response to a us(food). Salivation is a cr if it occurs in response to a cs (tone: a cs can have this effect only if it becomes associated with a us. Over repeated conditioning trials, this connection would become strong enough that the tone itself would trigger an eyeblink. Us again: some animals (and humans) show spontaneous recovery, or the reoccurrence of a previously extinguished conditioned response, typically after some time has passed since extinction, one possibility for this is that extinction also involves learning something new. In case, pavlov"s dogs would be learning that a tone indicates that food will not appear. Operant conditioning: a type of learning in which behaviour is influenced by consequences, operant.
