PSYCH-101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cognitive Map, Robert A. Rescorla, Operant Conditioning
6 Jan 2021
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Another group of theorists argued that the stimulus (s), response (r) and the organism"s (o) mental representation of the world all matter: known as s-o-r model or cognitive model of learning. Behavioursists argue that insight is a combination of previously reinforced and shaped responses: proved this by shaping pigeons to perform seemingly insightful actions. Zeligman discusses learned helplessness: occurs when no behaviour seems to have a rewarding consequence, biological constraints. Self evaluations act as reinforcers and punishments. Cant learn some behaviours: can"t unlearn others. Expectancy model states that the most important factor in classical conditioning not how often the cs and the ucs are paired, but how well the cs predicts the appearance of the. When a neutral stimuli does not consistently predict the ucs, it dramatically reduces the chance that it will become a cs. Cognitive theorists emphasize that organisms develop an awareness or expectancy of the relations between their responses and probable consequences.
