Bellringer 3 A Classical Conditioning What is Learning

Bellringer: 3 A Classical Conditioning

What is Learning? “I think Mom’s using the can opener. ” • A change in mental state and behavior of the learner. • Seen through observation. • Results from experience (repetition). • Can be applied or transferred to a new situation. • All 5 senses contribute to learning.

How do we learn? • Anything we were born knowing how to do is NOT a result of learning – Example: A baby crying • Learning is achieved through EXPERIENCE. – Example: A baby walking

How Do we Learn? • • Trying things by ourselves Watching others Reading books ASSOCIATION – Example: Tell me what comes to mind, emotions specifically, when you see the following picture….

Tell me what comes to mind, emotions specifically, when you see this picture? What comes to mind when you hear this sound?

Association • Stimulus- something that produces a reaction • Reaction- response • Result in pairing a stimulus and response= association • Conditioning- learning through the pairing of different stimuli

Classical Conditioning • Ivan Pavlov was a Russian scientist who studied how dogs responded to certain stimuli. – Can we get the dog to salivate at the anticipation of food? – Can we get the dog to respond to a neutral stimulus? • Pavlov’s research on learning leads to theory of classical conditioning.

PAVLOV EXPERIMENT Directions: • Dab finger in powder mix and place on tongue. • Anytime I say the word “Pavlov, ” you will put some tang on your tongue. Just lick your finger and dab it in the powder, and place on your tongue. • After the story has been read, see how your mouth reacts to the word Pavlov one last time WITHOUT the powder.

Classical Conditioning The basic idea: • Stimulus(event in environment) elicits response. • S R Example: When the bell rings, the students leave!

Alphabet Soup… • Unconditioned stimulus (UCS): stimulus that causes a response that is automatic, not learned. • For example, you naturally startle if you hear an unexpected loud noise, like a firecracker. The firecracker would be the UCS.

Alphabet Soup… • Unconditioned response (UCR): is the response that occurs naturally after the UCS. • So, if you heard a firecracker, the UCR would be you being startled.

Alphabet Soup… • Neutral stimulus (NS): is a stimulus that produces no specific response other than focusing attention. • For example, the announcement bell gets your attention, but it doesn’t really make you stop talking.

Alphabet Soup… • Conditioned Response (CR): is a learned response to a stimulus that was previously neutral, or meaningless. • If you do track and field, you learn to expect a gun going off to start the race. The CR in this example would be you running.

Alphabet Soup… • Conditioned Stimulus (CS): is a learned stimulus. • So, with the track and field example, the gun would be the CS.

Pavlov’s Dogs http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=hhqumfpxuz. I

Classical Conditioning in TV While watching the tv clip determine the • Unconditioned Stimulus • Unconditioned response • Conditioned Stimulus • Conditioned Response

Common Conditioned Responses UCS UCR CS CR Drill Tension Dentist/sound of drill Tension Catchy jingle or slogan Favorable feeling Product Favorable feeling Speeding ticket Distress Flashing police car lights Distress

Exit Slip • Classical Conditioning Worksheet • Write a situation where you learned through classical conditioning

Alphabet Soup… • • • The letters you need to know are. . Unconditioned stimulus (UCS) Unconditioned response (UCR) Neutral stimulus (NS) Conditioned stimulus (CS) Conditioned response (CR)

Classical Conditioning and Little Albert http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=0 FKZAYt 77 ZM • Your task is to create a “storyboard”using the research conducted by John B. Watson (p. 249) and put it on a white piece of paper • The idea is that you illustrate/explain the experiment and include the following terminology (model after Pavlov story on p. 243) • unconditioned stimulus • unconditioned response • neutral stimulus • conditioned stimulus