PSYC 2510 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Virtual Reality Therapy, Classical Conditioning, Observational Learning
18 Jan 2018
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Learning change in behaviour due to new knowledge or experience. Old views of conditioning: conditioning is mindless and mechanical. Classical: behavior influenced by stimuli that precedes it. (reflexes) Operant: behavior influence by stimuli that follows it. People of conditioning: pavlov = classical conditioning, skinner = operant conditioning, bandura = observational learning. Pa(cid:448)lo(cid:448)(cid:859)s dogs a(cid:374)d (cid:272)ele(cid:271)rit(cid:455) e(cid:374)dorse(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts of (cid:373)ake up. Summary of operant conditioning: a response is followed by favourable consequences or unfavourable consequences, mostly voluntary responses. If reinforced, response is strengthened; if punished, response is weakened: ex. Pa(cid:448)lo(cid:448) (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ged ps(cid:455)(cid:272)holog(cid:455)(cid:859)s fo(cid:272)us: from introspection to scientific methods, deemphasized the mind and showed that learning was influenced by experience. Dog stops salivating to bell tone in room 2, returning to room 1 brings back salivating to the bell: stimulus generalization cc cr appears in presence of a stimulus similar to the cs, ex.
