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Behaviorism as a School

Classical Conditioning
Pavlov – explain experiment
Stimulus elicits response, mainly involuntary regulatory responses

Neutral pairs with USC to produce CR

Acquisition, Extinction, Spontaneous recovery

Generalization – Poor Little Albert afraid of a cotton ball Discrimination

Operant Conditioning

Skinner – huge name - know this theory inside and out

Pigeon Dance (get video from Foothill) Explain about Shaping and chaining
Norbert
Reinforcement schedules can play a part in the outcome (know these)

Baby Box (different than Skinner Box)

Time outs. Token Economies

Beyond Freedom and Dignity

The Question: What is the one thing that Skinner agrees has not been conditioned?

New Directions:
Instinctive Drift (innate responses interfere with conditioned responses)
Some associations are impossible to make
Offer up Clockwork Orange as Extra Credit

Observational Learning (aka Social Learning Theory)Behaviorism as a School

Both Observational and classical play a part in observational learning
Bandura – Bobo Doll study (modeled behavior – DV as example)

Four processes which influence this: attention, retention, reproduction, motivation. (this gets into Cognition as a school of thought)

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 Updated Sunday, September 15, 2002 at 7:57:33 PM by Mary "Mhaire" Fraser - frasermary@fhda.edu
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