PSY 3103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Empiricism, Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning
23 Oct 2018
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Behaviour : observable and/or measureable activity; may be internal or external. Learning : relatively permanent change in behaviour resulting in permanent change in behavior resulting from experience. Classical conditioning : process whereby inborn behaviours are involuntary elicited in new circumstances. Operant conditioning : behaviour strengthening/weakening as the result of consequences. Empiricist (nurture) : perspective assumes that a person"s ability and tendencies are learned. Thus learning is simply a process of inner reflection to uncover the. Nativist (nature) : perspective assumes that a person"s abilities and tendencies knowledge that already exists within are largely present at birth. Assumed that a newborn"s mind is a blank slate - tabula rasa. Hence knowledge is gained largely from experience - as opposed to being inborn. Learning is based on four laws of association - ideas come to be connected or associated with each other viea four laws of association.
