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Conditioning = Learning

Conditioning = Learning. What is learning? A relatively permanent change in behavior caused by experience and practice. Why?. Does your dog drool when you open the can of food before the food is given to him/her? Does your friend flinch when you tickle him/her?

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Conditioning = Learning

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  1. Conditioning = Learning What is learning? A relatively permanent change in behavior caused by experience and practice

  2. Why? • Does your dog drool when you open the can of food before the food is given to him/her? • Does your friend flinch when you tickle him/her? • Does your little sister tremble at the sound of the dentist drill? • Does a student blush before he/she is called on to give a speech?

  3. What is classical conditioning? Learning that happens when 2 unrelated stimuli are paired together Example: the word “can” and a spray of water

  4. Ivan Pavlov • Introduced “Behaviorism” through famous dog experiment. • Nobel prize winner

  5. Unconditioned = NaturalConditioned = Learned • Unconditioned stimulus (UCS)= stimulus that triggers a response naturally (meat) • Unconditioned Response (UCR)= automatic response to unconditioned stimulus (drool) • Conditioned Stimulus (CS)=previously neutral stimulus, through learning, is able to cause a conditioned response. (tone) • Conditioned Response (CR) This is the response to the conditioned stimulus (drool)

  6. The Process…. • Acquisition • Generalization • Discrimination • Extinction

  7. What is behaviorism, and how did Watson use the principles of classical conditioning to create learned fear in Little Albert? Unconditioned Stimulus= Unconditioned Response= Conditional stimulus= Conditioned response=

  8. What happened to “Little Albert”? • Born to ArvillaMerritte (age 22) • He lived at the Harriet Lane Home (Pediatric facility on Johns Hopkins campus) • Mother was a “wet nurse” • Died at age 6 of hydrocephalus • His real name was Douglas Merritte • Was he psychologically “harmed” by this experiment?

  9. Is it possible to reverse Watson’s techniques and eliminate a phobia (irrational fear) • Mary Cover Jones • Student of Watson’s • Developed techniques of counter-conditioning or desensitization

  10. Hold everything… There is a flaw in the principles of classical conditioning….

  11. Taste Aversion-John Garcia We are biologically predisposed to develop an aversion to the taste of food we ate before we became sick..

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