Classical Conditioning in Dating Make women/men love you! Figure out the: Neutral Stimulus UCS UCR CS CR.

Classical Conditioning in Dating

• Make women/men love you!

• Figure out the:

• Neutral Stimulus• UCS• UCR• CS• CR


Neutral Stimulus No response


UCS UCR


Neutral Stimulus UCR

and UCS


CS CR


Day 1

But. . .


Day 2

But. . .


Day 100

But. . .


Day 150

Extinction

But. . .

Or

Or

Or

Or

Second-order conditioning

Something paired with the CS can itself begin to elicit the response

Or

Or

Or

Or

Stimulus Generalization

Stimuli like the CS well tend to elicit the same response as the CS

Questionnaire

Group Activity

• Why do you think a person might have social phobia?

• How would you cure a person with this problem?

Classical Conditioning

• Social Anxiety– Social Phobia

• General Anxiety– Learned helplessness


• Example: Little Albert


• Phobias

• Typically occur through association– The feared object is paired

with an unpleasant feelings

• Flooding• Systematic desensitization


Food

Deliver good news not bad news


Operant Conditioning

• Edward Thorndike

Gradually it escapes quicker

A specific response become “strengthened” by being paired with a pleasant outcome

Law of Effect

• "Of several responses made to the same situation those which are accompanied or closely followed by satisfaction to the animal will, other things being equal, be more firmly connected with the situation, so that, when it recurs, they will be more likely to recur; those which are accompanied or closely followed by discomfort to the animal will, other things being equal, have their connections to the situation weakened, so that, when it recurs, they will be less likely to occur.

• Note: It is missing information about the internal state of the animal– Thorndike used hungry cats and rats!

Clark Hull

Needs

• Behavior is not just a function of the environment but also. . .

• Properties of the organism

All animals have certain needs (food)

Creates drives (drive for food)

Reducing drive (by eating) reinforces the behavior (eating)

Learning

• Both Hull and Thorndike felt their learning was the same as Pavlov’s classical conditioning

Hot and Cold Game

Skinner

B. F. Skinner

Noted differences between the types of learning.

How is classical conditioning different then either Thorndike’s or Hull’s theories?


• Classical = animal does nothing to its environment.

• Operant = The animal alters its environment.

Reinforcement Theory

• Operant Conditioning– Used to control behavior

• Behavior• Reward

• Behaviors that are rewarded are more likely to be performed in the future


• Operant Conditioning

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Skinner Box

Skinner Box

Skinner Box

Skinner Box

• Sniffy Program


• Superstitious behavior– Baseball players

• Shaping behavior– Getting him to open the car door– Skinner legend

Group Activity

• Identify one behavior in yourself that you would like to change

• Determine a system of rewards and punishments that you could use to change this behavior

• Do you think this would work?

Did Skinner really raise his daughter in a Skinner Box?

Picture from Ladies' Home Journal: "Baby in a Box.”

Question

• Why are you going to college?

• What are you dating someone?

• Why are you listening to this lecture?

• You do all of these things because of a long history of rewards and punishments!

Classical vs. Operant Conditioning

• Classical– “Reactions” to the world– Emotions– Traits: anxiousness, neuroticism, depression

• Operant– “Actions” toward the world– Behaviors– Traits: Extraversion, argumentativeness, kindness

Behaviorism

• Pros– Controlling behavior– Focus on the observable

• Cons– Mental life

• Motivation• Thought• Cognition

Classical Conditioning in Dating Make women/men love you! Figure out the: Neutral Stimulus UCS UCR CS CR.

Documents

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response slide

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helplessness slide

kindness slide

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future slide

organism slide