Chapter 9 Learning: Principles and Applications
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Something to Think About
Please
take the next five minutes to
address the following questions on a
piece of paper:
What is learning?
What are some things that you have
learned throughout your life (not just
formally or in school)?
How have you learned these things?
Chapter 5
Learning
Relatively
permanent change in behavior
or knowledge that results from past
experience
Classical Conditioning
Ivan
Pavlov –
Russian physiologist
Repeatedly pairing
a neutral stimulus
with a responseproducing stimulus
until the neutral
stimulus elicits the
same response
Pavlov’s Dogs
Classical Terminology
Neutral Stimulus (NS): does not initially elicit
a response
Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS): elicits a
certain, predictable response; automatic
Unconditioned Response (UCR): natural
reaction to a stimulus; automatic
Conditioned Stimulus (CS): once neutral, but
after being paired with a UCS, it elicits a
response; learned
Conditioned Response (CR): learned reaction
to a conditioned stimulus; learned
Classical Diagram
(UCS) (UCR)
(NS) + (UCS) (UCR)
(CS) (CR)
Pavlov’s Dogs
(UCS) meat (UCR) salivate
(NS) bell + (UCS) meat (UCR) salivate
(CS) bell (CR) salivate
CC with Puddy!
(UCS)
(NS)
(CS)
(UCR)
+(UCS)
(UCR)
(CR)
Squeak!
Squeak!
Squeak!
Expanding Classical
Conditioning
Generalization:
responding to a second
stimulus that’s similar to the original CS
Discrimination: ability to distinguish
between different stimuli
Extinction: gradual disappearance of a
CR when the CS is repeatedly presented
without the UCS
Spontaneous recovery: reappearance of
a previously extinguished response
after time without exposure to the CS
More Classical Conditioning
John Watson
Behaviorism:
emphasizes observable
behaviors
Little Albert
CC Drug Effects
Caffeine + smell
Placebo response
Taste aversion