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Learning. Or How to Control the Behavior of the People Around You Without Them Knowing It. The Black Box. Stimulus. Response. Pavlov and Conditioning. Classical Conditioning. Unconditioned Stimulus. Unconditioned Response. Classical Conditioning. Unconditioned Stimulus.
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Learning Or How to Control the Behavior of the People Around You Without Them Knowing It.
The Black Box Stimulus Response
Classical Conditioning Unconditioned Stimulus Unconditioned Response
Classical Conditioning Unconditioned Stimulus Unconditioned Response Neutral Stimulus
Classical Conditioning Unconditioned Stimulus Unconditioned Response Neutral Stimulus
Classical Conditioning Conditioned Response Conditioned Stimulus
Classical Conditioning • Pepper and Smoking • Treatment for phobias and aversions • Relief for Insomniacs • MIT football • Cancer and Chemotherapy • Acne and the folks
Classical Conditioning • The case of drugs and environment Cocaine Loss of Homeostasis – body reacts Physical Environment Cocaine Physical Environment Loss of Homeostasis
Operant Conditioning Reward Punishment
Operant Conditioning Reinforcement Punishment Positive Chocolate Bar Electric Shock Excused from Chores No TV privileges Negative
Operant Conditioning Interval Ratio Fixed Variable
Operant Conditioning • Project Pigeon (military) • Project Pigeon (Coast Guard) • Cure for Bedwetting • Sports Superstitions • Training Seeing Eye Dogs • How to raise yer kids
Learned Helplessness Prevent a dog from escaping electric shocks, and it will stop trying to get away. Applications for abused women and children
Other Terms Generalization – Learning on stimulus A changes behavior regarding stimulus B Discrimination – Learning on stimulus A doesn’t change behavior regarding stimulus B Extinction – Loss of learned behavior after training stops Spontaneous Recovery – Exhibiting learned behavior after extinction has occurred.
Little Albert Rats Dogs Bunnies Santa Claus Coats
Social Learning Theory Learning from observation
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Theories of Learning Hebbian Explanation: The more frequently two objects are paired, the greater the association. Association # of times paired
Theories of Learning Rescorla-Wagner Model The amount of association increases relative to the surprise of the pairing Association # of times paired
Demise of the Black Box Group 1 = always food Group 2 = delayed food Group 3 = never food
Conclusions • Conditioning your friends to perform embarrassing stunts in public is fun, but possibly unethical • Conditioning may account for a lot of behavior, but it can’t account for all of it. • A pencil sharpener works by sticking a pencil in the little hole, and turning the lever