Learned through association - stimulus response association
Classical conditioning key terms ?
unconditioned stimulus (UCS)
unconditioned response (UCR)
conditioned response (CR)
conditioned stimulus (CS)
neutral stimulus (NS)
Pavlov and his dogs - 1902
dogs associate a bell with food - conditioned stimulus triggers conditioned response
Unconditioned stimulus is the food which triggers the unconditioned response of salivating
Before conditioning - food (UCS) = salivating (UCR)
during conditioning - food (UCS) + bell (NS) = salivating (UCR)
after conditioning - bell (CS) = salivating (CR)
Watson and Raynor 1920 - little Albert
Operant conditioning - learn behaviour through positive and negative rienforcement and punishement - used in everyday life
Positive reinforcement
Pleasant stimulus is rewarded to desirable behaviour to increase the likelihood of the desirable behaviour happening again .
Negative reinforcement
A negative stimulus is removed to reinforce desirable behaviour and increase the likelihood of it happening again, like removing detention for doing homework
Punishment
An undesirable behaviour is going to be punished with an undesirable stimulus to decrease the likelihood of that behaviour happening again
An example of operant conditioning would be skinners box
