B. F. Skinner

Weiten Chapter 6

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Behaviorism

behavior

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Operant conditioning

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Chapter 6: Learning Classical Conditioning Ivan Pavlov Terminology Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS) Conditioned Stimulus (CS) Unconditioned Response (UCR) Conditioned Response (CR) Figure 6.1 Classical conditioning apparatus Figure 6.2 The sequence of events in classical conditioning Figure 6.3 Classical conditioning of a fear response Basic Processes in Classical Conditioning Acquisition Extinction Spontaneous recovery Stimulus generalization Stimulus discrimination Higher-order conditioning Figure 6.6 Acquisition, extinction, and spontaneous recovery Figure 6.8 Higher-order conditioning Operant Conditioning B.F. Skinner (1953) ? principle of reinforcement ?Skinner box? Emission of response Reinforcement contingencies Cumulative recorder

Skinner

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Verbal Behavior

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Jeannette Xu Psychology - 7 B.F. Skinner Born: March 20, 1904 Died: August 18, 1990 Country of Origin and Location of most research: He was born in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. He did most of his research in the United States. Major ideas and Areas of Study: Skinner became one of the major leaders of behaviorism. His work contributed greatly to experimental psychology. He is most famous for the discovery of operant behavior. He stated that behaviors were dependent upon what happens after the response. Specific Contribution to the Study of Psychology: Skinner published hundreds of articles and about twenty books about psychology. His research on behaviors contributed to experimental psychology. His discovery of operant behavior is still used today.

Psychology In Everyday Life Unit: 2

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Little Albert experiment

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Unit 2: Experimenting with Psychology Asch Conformity- is a group experiment where there is a group of actors that give wrong answers and a experiment (person) to see if they go along with the group. 3 Types of Learning Social- learning Classical conditioning Operant conditioning Social Learning Albert Bandura Learning in a social situation Learn through observation and imitation The observer has to see some benefit in copying the behavior Common example of social learning come from tv commercials Bandura warned that ?children and adults acquire attitudes, emotional responses, and new styles of conduct through filmed and televised modeling Albert Bandura created the Bobo Doll experiment