PPT-Chapter 8 – Stimulus Control of Behavior

Outline 1 Identification and Measurement of Stimulus Control Differential Responding and Stimulus Control Stimulus Generalization Stimulus Generalization Gradients as Measures of Stimulus Control. Introduction to Psychology. Virginia Union University. Learning & Behavior. Learning. A relatively enduring or permanent change in behavior or knowledge that results from previous experience with certain stimuli and responses. Psych of Learning. E. L. Thorndike. Famous for “puzzle box” experiments of animal learning.. Examined animal intelligence by testing animal learning (change in behavior). . Plotted animals learning on graphs (perhaps first . Decreasing . Behavior. General Definitional Components. Immediate (Application or removal of stimulus). Contingent – must follow behavior. Decreases behavior. S. Dp. Type I Punishment: . Stimulus Presentation. Siyuan. Chen . Learning . Stimulus . Any event or object in the environment to which an organism responds. Reflex. An involuntary response to a stimulus. Eye blink to a puff of air. Conditioned reflex . From the Greek: . Ethos. (character) and . logia. (the study of).. 1) You’ve been teleported to Canada, to the wonderful winter wonderland that is my home province!. 1) How would you survive. ?. Presented by . Mr. OZ . Mukwawaya. Learning about theories. What is learning. “a persisting . change. in human performance or performance potential . . . (brought) about as a result of the learner’s interaction with the environment”. The Concept of Reinforcement. (+) Positive Reinforcement. (-) Negative Reinforcement. Involves following an operant with the addition of an appetitive stimulus . A response is strengthened because something is added. Stimulus-Response. Stimulus-Response. Neural Processes. Use sensory systems to detect the stimulus. Visual, auditory, tactile…. Central computation or representation . Access memory, risk-reward, etc.. 1. Self-control (discipline):. . Training of oneself; correction or regulation of oneself for improvement. Self-observation:. . Awareness of one’s own personality, skills, and traits. Reward Technique:. Changes can’t be explained by . Native response tendencies. Maturation, or . Temporary states (e.g. fatigue, drugs, etc). How do we learn?. Associative learning. – learning certain events occur together. Motivation Operations. Also referred to as:. Value altering effect: establishing/abolishing. Behavior altering effect: Frequency. Establishing operation: Evocative effect. Abolishing operation: . Abative. Intensive Focus on Behavioral Theory. Day 2. Brandi Simonsen, Adam Feinberg, . Jen Freeman, & Susannah Everett . You Have a Quiz. Number your paper 1-12 and be ready to write the letter corresponding to the correct answer.. Stimulus and Response Why animals and plants do what they do OR A fancy way of saying cause and effect in the animal world. Describe a situation in which you were immediately scared and/or reacted quickly to something. Write at least 1 complete sentence describing your 1. environment-. Everything that surrounds a living thing. 5. . stimulus-. a. nything that causes a living thing to react. 2. . e. xternal stimulus -. Anything in an organism’s environment that causes it to react.