Lecture Notes

The notes are in pdf files that will automatically download for you to print on your computer. You will need a computer that has something like Acrobat Reader on it (all campus machines have this capability). There are 2 slides per page.

Section 1:

• Intro to Theories of Learning

• Classical Conditioning Intro

• Classical Conditioning - Basics continued

• Classical Conditioning - Characteristics of the CS

Section 2:

• Classical Conditioning-underlying processes

• Classical Conditioning - Rescorla-Wagner Theory

• Classical Conditioning - Practical Applications

• Operant Conditioning - Introduction

• Operant Conditioning - Schedules of Reinforcement

• Operant Conditioning - Theories of Reinforcement

Section 3:

• Operant Conditioning - Extinction

• Operant Conditioning - Stimulus Control

• Operant Conditioning - Escape, Avoidance, & Punishment

• Operant Conditioning - Punishment cont.

Section 4:

• Choice & Matching (continued from last time)

• Self-Control

• Biological Dispositions

• Observational Learning(rest of notes for Thursday)-- click here for the filled in version of just today's portion of the lecture