Wednesday January 25, 2023

Circle: How should we change the behavior of students who chronically walk the halls or skip classes.  (Hint: we know punishment isn't a great what to permanently change behavior...)

Point to remember: This is the beginning of the behavioral branch of psychology!

Homework Due: SQ3R.  Pages 294-297.  Its only 4 pages! Operant Conditioning Exercise...

Psychological Definition of Learning: A relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience. 

Definition of Classical Conditioning: We learn to associate two stimuli and thus to anticipate events.

Questions:

What are some basic forms of learning?

What is classical conditioning, and how did Pavlov’s work influence behaviorism?

In classical conditioning, what are the processes of acquisition, extinction, spontaneous recovery, generalization, and discrimination?

Why is Pavlov’s work important?

What is operant conditioning, and how does it differ from classical conditioning?

What are the basic types of reinforcers?

How do different reinforcement schedules affect behavior?

How does punishment affect behavior?

Do cognitive processes and biological constraints affect operant conditioning?

What is observational learning, and how is it enabled by mirror neurons?

Slide Show

Activity: With you group you will searching for examples of Operant Conditioning. You will be chosen at

random to share your example. These will be shown on the TV. Your job it to explain you how the people are being conditioned.

Definition of Operant Conditioning: Organisms associate their own actions with consequences.  Actions followed by reinforcers increase; those followed by punishment often decrease.

Activity: 16-1 Consequences and their effects.  With you group you will be deciding between the two groups which one will be more effective at encouraging someone to continue desired behavior.

Quiz: Negative Reinforcement

Activity: 16-6 Consideration of future consequences scale

Activity: 16-7 Reinforcement Schedules

Activity: Shaping if we have time.

Quizlet

Classical ConditioningVideo's
Crash Course
Classical Conditioning: Ivan Pavlov
Classically Conditioning your roomate


Operant Conditioning

The Little Albert Experiment
BF Skinner Pigeon Ping Pong

Observational Learning
Our Skinner Box
Crash Course: The BoBo Beatdown
Classical vs Operant Condtioniong

Note cards:  Below is a list of terms that you will need to know for the AP Psych Exam.  Each note card should have the term on the front.  Then, on the back you need to A) define the term and B) show application of the term.  This application can sometimes best be expressed as a personal example.  You can also draw the application of the term if you so desire.

acquisition	learning
associative learning	Neutral stimulus
classical conditioning	operant conditioning
cognitive map	punishment
discrimination	reinforcer
extinction	shaping
fixed interval schedule	spontaneous recovery
fixed ratio schedule	US / UR / CS / CR
generalization	variable interval schedule
latent learning	variable ratio schedule