Introduction to Psychology Behavioral analysis and cognitive psychology Prof. Jan Lauwereyns
Classical or Pavlovian Conditioning learning stimulus-stimulus relations conditioned reflexes FOUR basic elements: UNCONDITIONED STIMULUS (US) UNCONDITIONED RESPONSE (UR) CONDITIONED STIMULUS (CS) CONDITIONED RESPONSE (CR)
Fear conditioning… e.g., Electric shock associated with specific stimuli
SCR: Skin Conductance Response (sweat)
Fear-relevant: e.g., snake Fear-irrelevant: e.g., butterfly
Fear-relevant: e.g., snake Fear-irrelevant: e.g., butterfly
Fear-relevant: e.g., snake Fear-irrelevant: e.g., butterfly
Diff Same Diff Same Same Race Different Race
Operant Conditioning: learning when an individual’s response is followed by a reinforcement or punishment – Reinforcement: an event that increases the future probability of the response that produced it Positive reinforcement: Reward Negative reinforcement: Escape from punishment – Punishment: an event that suppresses the future probability of the response that produced it