Classical Vs. Operant Conditioning
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Learning
Thoughts on Learning
"Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival."
- W. Edwards Demming
"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten."
- B.F. Skinner
"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it."
- Pablo Picasso
What is Learning?
A relatively permanent change in behavior
that results from experience
Types of Learning
* Classical conditioning
* Operant conditioning
* Cognitive and social learning
Classical Conditioning: Examples
* Sound of a dentist's drill: sweaty palms
* Smell of mom's perfume: smiling
* Sight of certain restaurant: nausea
* Noise of a can opener: cat comes running
* Smell of a hospital: weakened immunity
Classical Conditioning
* Discovered (accidentally) by Ivan Pavlov
Pavlov's Observation
* Studied digestion in dogs
Pavlov's Experiment: Phase 1
* Food (US): salivation (UR)
- Reflexive response
* Tone (CS): nothing (CR)
Pavlov's Experiment: Phase 2
* CS is repeatedly paired with the US
- A tone is sounded before the food is presented
Pavlov's Experiment: Phase 3
* Eventually, the CS elicits a new CR
- Hearing the tone by itself causes salivation
Classical Conditioning:
Conditioned Emotional Response
* Avoidance learning
* Conditioned phobias
- Little Albert
Classical Conditioning
* Extinction
* Spontaneous recovery
Classical Conditioning
* Stimulus generalization
* Stimulus discrimination
Higher Order Conditioning
* Pair CS1 with a new CS2
* CS2: CR
* But, CR will be weaker
Classical Conditioning Applied
* Drug overdoses
* Smoking: environmental cues
* Systematic desensitization
* Advertising: sex appeal
* Taste aversion
* Conditioning and the immune system
Types of Learning
* Classical Conditioning
* Operant Conditioning
* Cognitive and Social Learning
Operant Conditioning: Examples
* Tantrums are punished: fewer tantrums
* Tantrums bring attention: more tantrums
* Slot machine pays out: gamble more
* Reward dog for sitting: dog is likely to sit
Operant Conditioning
* Thorndike's puzzle box
- Law of Effect: actions that have positive outcomes are likely repeated
* Skinner box
Operant Conditioning: Principles
* Stimulus-Response
* Reinforcement
- Positive reinforcement
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