Unit 6:Unit 6:LearningLearning

Mr. McCormickMr. McCormickA.P. PsychologyA.P. Psychology

Essential QuestionEssential Question

How is How is behaviorbehavior

influenced influenced by one’s by one’s environmentenvironment, ,

rewards/punishmentsrewards/punishments, ,

and and social interactionssocial interactions??

Unit 6 (A):Unit 6 (A):Classical Classical

ConditioningConditioning

Mr. McCormickMr. McCormickA.P. PsychologyA.P. Psychology

Do-NowDo-Now(Discussion)(Discussion)

What is What is learninglearning as a as a psychological psychological process?process?

What are some ways that What are some ways that peoplepeople and and animalsanimals learnlearn from their from their environmentsenvironments??

How can How can learninglearning changechange one’s one’s thoughtsthoughts and and behaviorbehavior??

LearningLearning

Learning:Learning: A relatively permanent change in an A relatively permanent change in an

organism’s thought and behavior due to organism’s thought and behavior due to experienceexperience

Associative LearningAssociative Learning

Associative Learning:Associative Learning: Learning that certain events occur togetherLearning that certain events occur together Classical Conditioning: Classical Conditioning:

Association of two separate stimuliAssociation of two separate stimuli Ivan PavlovIvan Pavlov John B. WatsonJohn B. Watson John GarciaJohn Garcia

Operant Conditioning: Operant Conditioning: Association of a response and its consequencesAssociation of a response and its consequences B.F. SkinnerB.F. Skinner

Associative LearningAssociative Learning(Create List in Journal)(Create List in Journal)

Consider the following stimuli:Consider the following stimuli: With what do you typically With what do you typically associateassociate

each each stimulistimuli??

The The sightsight of of dark clouds dark clouds == The The soundsound of a of a marching band marching band == The The tastetaste of of chicken soup chicken soup == The The smell smell ofof hotdogshotdogs and and hamburgershamburgers == TheThe feel feel of the of the warm sun warm sun on your skin =on your skin =

Why Do We Associate?Why Do We Associate?

Why do we typically associate such Why do we typically associate such events with one another?events with one another? They typically occur with/as a result of They typically occur with/as a result of

one anotherone another

Natural StimulusNatural Stimulus elicits elicits Natural Natural ResponseResponse (e.g. dark clouds = “rain”)(e.g. dark clouds = “rain”)

Associative Learning:Associative Learning:Classical ConditioningClassical Conditioning

Learning to associate one stimulus with another

Associative Learning:Associative Learning:Operant ConditioningOperant Conditioning

Learning to associate a response with a consequence

Classical ConditioningClassical Conditioning

Classical Conditioning:Classical Conditioning: Ivan Pavlov Ivan Pavlov (Behavioral Psychologist)(Behavioral Psychologist) Example of associative learningExample of associative learning A learning procedure in which associations A learning procedure in which associations

are made between a are made between a natural stimulusnatural stimulus and and a a neutral stimulusneutral stimulus

Helps organisms anticipate eventsHelps organisms anticipate events E.g. Dark clouds E.g. Dark clouds (natural stimulus)(natural stimulus) elicit “rain” elicit “rain” E.g. Umbrellas E.g. Umbrellas (neutral stimulus)(neutral stimulus), when , when paired paired

with dark clouds with dark clouds (natural stimulus) (natural stimulus) elicit “rain”elicit “rain”

Ivan PavlovIvan Pavlov(1849-1936)(1849-1936)

Classical ConditioningClassical Conditioning

Classical ConditioningClassical Conditioning

Why might Why might psychologistspsychologists be be interested in studying interested in studying Classical ConditioningClassical Conditioning in in humanshumans and and animalsanimals??

How does How does Classical Classical Conditioning Conditioning promotepromote an an organism’s organism’s survivalsurvival??

Classical ConditioningClassical Conditioning

What are some examples of things What are some examples of things that that youyou have been have been classically classically conditioned conditioned to respond to?to respond to?

What are some examples of things What are some examples of things that your that your petspets have been have been classically conditioned classically conditioned to to respond to?respond to?

ReviewReview

What is What is Classical Conditioning?Classical Conditioning? How does it How does it suggestsuggest that we that we learnlearn??

DifferentiateDifferentiate between the following: between the following: Neutral StimulusNeutral Stimulus Unconditioned Stimulus (US)Unconditioned Stimulus (US) Unconditioned Response (UR)Unconditioned Response (UR) Conditioned Stimulus (CS)Conditioned Stimulus (CS) Conditioned Response (CR)Conditioned Response (CR)

HomeworkHomework

Unit 6 Key People:Unit 6 Key People:

Research Study Response # 10: Research Study Response # 10: “Little Emotional Albert” (Pgs. 72-“Little Emotional Albert” (Pgs. 72-78)78)

Unit 6 Quiz: Unit 6 Quiz: “Learning”“Learning”