Part 3: - Focus On Learning Unit 3.1 - Behaviorist Perspective Module 7 - Behaviorism: Thorndike, Watson, Skinner
Part 3: - Focus On Learning Unit 3.1 - Behaviorist Perspective Module 7 - Behaviorism: Thorndike, Watson, Skinner
Part 3: - Focus On Learning Unit 3.1 - Behaviorist Perspective Module 7 - Behaviorism: Thorndike, Watson, Skinner
Primary Laws
Law of
Effect
Law of
Exercise
Law of
Readiness
Ivan Pavlov
Russian Physiologist
Is well known for his work in
classical conditioning or
stimulus substitutions.
It involved MEAT,
DOG, and a BELL.
Pavlov’s
Experiment Measuring the dog’s
salivation in order to
study the digestion.
-Once the dog has learned to
salivate at the sound of the
Stimulus
bell, it will salivate at other
Generalization
similar sounds.
-If you stop pairing the
bell with the food,
Extinction salivation will eventually
cease in response to the
bell.
-extinguished responses can
be “recovered” after an
Spontaneous elapsed time, but will soon
Recovery
extinguish again if the dog
is not presented with food.
-the dog could learn to
discriminate between
similar bells (stimuli) and
Discrimination
discern which bell would
result in the presentation of
food and which would not.
- once the dog has been
conditioned to associate the bell
with food, another unconditioned
Higher-order stimulus, such as a light may be
conditioning flashed at the same time that the
bell is rung. Eventually the dog will
salivate at the flash of the light
without the sound of the bell.
“Be a manipulative one,
not a doll of others”