Chapter 8 Learning
Conditioning Learning associations between two stimuli –Associative learning Classical Conditioning –Pavlov/WatsonPavlovWatson Operant Conditioning –B.F. SkinnerB.F. Skinner –Behaviorism Observational Learning –Bandura’s Bobo Doll Study
Classical Conditioning 1.Unconditioned Stimuli (UCS) Unconditioned Response (UCR) a.Must be biological 2.Conditioned Stimuli (CS) + Unconditioned Stimuli (UCS) Unconditioned Response (UCR) a.Must be temporally close b.Must happen several times – usually 3.Conditioned Stimuli (CS) Conditioned Response (CR)
Classical Conditioning (cont’d) Extinction and Spontaneous RecoveryExtinction Generalization –Baby Albert Discrimination –Pigeon Studies Garcia Effect –Taste Aversion
Operant Conditioning Edward Thorndike Law of Effect B.F. Skinner Skinner Box Shaping –Successive approximations Reinforcements –ParadigmParadigm –SchedulesSchedules –Primary vs. Secondary Premack Principle
Conditioning and Cognition Latent Learning Mice in mazes Cognitive Map Overjustification Effect –Leper and Green Observational Learning –Albert Bandura Bobo Doll Study