Psychology - Learning Theory & Behaviorism
Explore the fundamental concepts of learning theory and behaviorism in this comprehensive 90-minute tutorial series. Delve into classical conditioning, extinction, generalization, and discrimination. Examine aversive conditioning through case studies of scared infants and sick rats. Investigate operant conditioning, including behavior consequences, operant boxes, and reinforcement schedules. Learn about chaining, shaping, and instinctive drift in behavioral modification. Understand the Premack Principle and the Rescorla-Wagner Model. Study observational learning through Bandura's famous Bobo Doll experiment. Discover latent learning, cognitive maps, abstract learning, and insight learning. Conclude with review questions to reinforce your understanding of learning theory and behaviorism in psychology.