Recall a situation when you Recall a situation when you taught another person how to do taught another person how to do something. Describe the strategy something. Describe the strategy you used.you used.

Now think about how you feel Now think about how you feel when you see an old flame or a when you see an old flame or a person you just don't like. person you just don't like. Describe the feeling in detail.Describe the feeling in detail.

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Learning and Learning and Classical Classical ConditioningConditioning

Learning OutlineLearning Outline

Factors the affect learningClassical ConditioningOperant ConditioningLearning to Learn

ConditioningConditioningThink of a song you know that brings back a certain memory or feeling.

Stimulus=songResponse=feelings

Conditioning Conditioning Exercise:Exercise:

Close your eyes:Think about your favorite food

Is your mouth watering?If so, it’s because you are conditioned

TerminologyTerminologyStimulus- some action that produces activity in an organismResponse- reaction of an organism to a stimulusAssociations—mental connections btwn. 2 stimuli

Classical Classical ConditioningConditioning

Ivan Pavlov psychologistLearning through the association of a stimulus and responseVideo

Classical Classical ConditioningConditioning

Form of learning where 1 stimulus (thought of food) creates a response (mouth watering) in response to another stimulus(actual food)This occurs when the 2 stimuli have been associated with each other

Pavlov’s Pavlov’s ExperimentExperiment

He knew that dogs would salivate when meat was placed on the tongue because salivation aids in digestionHe discovered that dogs began to salivate before they received the meatWHY???

Because the dogs had learned from experience that people entering the labs clinking of food trays meant that food was comingCould they learn to salivate to any stimulus that signaled meat???Pavlov thought yes, so he had to prove it…

Rang a bell, then put meat powder on dog’s tongueDog began to salivate in response to meat powderPavlov repeated this several times

Pavlov gets trickyPavlov gets trickyHe rings the bell but does not follow it with meatDogs salivated anywayThey learned to salivate to the bell alone

Breaking down the Breaking down the variablesvariables

US=Unconditioned StimulusA stimulus that causes a response that is automatic, not learned

eg. Food

Variables…Variables…UR=Unconditioned ResponseAutomatic responseeg. Salivation

Variables…Variables…CR=Conditioned ResponseLearned stimuluseg. Bell

Class Class ExampleExample

Your turn…Your turn…With a partner next to you (don’t get out of your seat), develop your own exampleBe sure to identify all the variables

Think of one example of Think of one example of how you have been how you have been “classically conditioned” “classically conditioned” in school. Describe the in school. Describe the variables in your variables in your example.example.

Web Quest

Go onto my website – www.ussinspire.org. Follow the link titled “Principles of Learning in the Real World”. Take notes as you go. Video – The Amazing Brain