Psychology 3214

Psychology 3214 Learning Calendar of Topics and Class Materials - Spring 2019
Classical Conditioning: Basics
Jan	14	M	Course Description & Requirements
	16	W	What is a reflex? -------------------------------------------------------------- The Issue of Continuity among Creatures A cat feeling harassed? A horse doing math? A parrot that understands language? Talk therapy for your pet? Koko's strange request -------------------------------------------------------------- Descartes: Inventor of the term Reflex (1596 - 1650) Human vs. Nonhuman Descartes Philosophy A walk through the gardens The mixed nature of humankind Mind and body Pineal gland in action -------------------------------------------------------------- Marshall Hall: Definition of Reflex (1790 - 1857) Brain vs. Spinal Cord Voluntary vs. Involuntary Response Distinction -------------------------------------------------------------- The other approach to defining Reflex Ivan Sechenov Sechenov's Approach Pavlov's Definition of Reflex - Predictable Relationship B. F. Skinner (1931) Definition of Reflex - Correlation -------------------------------------------------------------- A Current Animal Cognition Controversy and more and Descartes A Skeptical Analysis of the Nonhuman Acquisition of Langauage focusing on Koko
	18	F	The Classical Conditioning Effect Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849 - 1936) Pavlov in surgery Pavlov is awarded Nobel Prize Pavlov's Special Lab Pavlov in Lab Dog in apparatus Kymograph Records Textbook: 107-114 -------------------------------------------------------------- Human Digestive System The case of Alexis St. Martin -&- William Beaumont RadioLab podcast on Beaumont and St. Martin The Pavlov Institute of Physiology Pictures of Pavlov's Dogs [trivia] Pavlov's Steak [humor] Pavlov's Brother
	21	M	No Class - MLK Day
	23	W	Acquisition Eyeblink Conditioning Label Classical Conditioning Exercise Label Acquisition Procedure Exercise -------------------------------------------------------------- Bad CC Diagram Textbook: 119-123
	25	F	Extinction Spontaneous Recovery Effect (Rescorla, 2004) Renewal Effect Textbook: 133-137 -------------------------------------------------------------- Rat in Conditioning Chamber
	28	M	Inhibition Table of Contents from Pavlov (1927) Differential Conditioning Latent Inhibition Efffect Textbook: 158-160
	30	W	Watson & Rayner (1920) Biographical Info On John B. Watson John B. Watson (1878 - 1958) JBW's House JBW at Furman Watson and Rayner What happened to Little Albert? Current views -------------------------------------------------------------- Mary Cover Jones Jones (1924) - Elimination of Children's Fears
Feb	1	F	Application assignment #1 Example Ads: Old Style vs. New Style -------------------------------------------------------------- Adventures with the Ludicrous: Sexy Women Sell Firearms
	4	M	Application assignment due
	6	W	Question & Answer - Review [ Study Guide ]
	8	F	Test 1
			Test 1 Results
Classical Conditioning: Modern Work & Explanations
	11	M	Pavlov's Cortical Explanation Title Page from Pavlov (1927) Lecture 17 & the Shenger-Krestovnikova Experiment Textbook: 140-142
	13	W	What makes a good CS? Robert Rescorla Contiguity vs. Contingency Textbook: 56-57
	15	F	What makes a good UCS? Pavlov's Answer - Biological Potency the Blocking Effect & Kamin's Answer Textbook: 154-156 -------------------------------------------------------------- Leo Kamin & Harvard in the 1950s
	18	M	Prediction of Conditioning Effects Rescorla - Wagner Model Textbook: 176-179
	20	W	Rescorla - Wagner Model Successes & Failures
			Comparator Hypothesis Textbook:
	22	F	Predicting the Response Solomon's Opponent Process Model General Pattern of Response Dynamics of Pattern - Early Dynamics of Pattern - Many Encounters Early vs. Late -------------------------------------------------------------- Opponent responses in heroin use Siegel & Ellsworth (1986) Application assignment #2 -------------------------------------------------------------- Karl Zener Zener Cards Shuttle Box Apparatus Textbook: 101-107, 168-175
	25	M	*Application assignment due* Textbook: 168-175
			Other "opponent process" cases Rebound headaches Nasal Spray addiction Tachyphylaxis Rebound Effects Is this a good way to deal with antidepressant "poop out"? The story of someone who is Addicted to Coke
	27	W	Question & Answer - Review [ Study Guide ]
Mar	1	F	Test 2
			Test 2 Results
	4	M	Spring Break
	6	W
	8	F
Operant Conditioning: "Law of Effect" Basics
	11	M	Thorndike introduces the Law of Effect Charles Darwin - Voyage of the Beagle Continuity Among Species - Darwin's Finches Comparative Psychology - George Romanes argues by Anecdote Edward Lee Thorndike tests the mental continuity argument Example Puzzle Box More Actual Puzzle Boxes Thorndike's Law of Effect Textbook: 211-213 -------------------------------------------------------- Introduction to Animal Intelligence by E. L. Thorndike Examples of Quick Evolutionary Changes Italian Wall Lizard Brown Anole Lizard Galapagos Finch
	13	W	Alternative explanations of the Puzzle Box results J. B. Watson Guthrie and Horton Puzzle Box Cat B Cat G Edwin Guthrie's alternative Brian Wansink - Mindless Eating Textbook: 325-326 -------------------------------------------------------- Modern Version of Guthrie (with a smidgen of Skinner) BJ Fogg "Tiny Habits" Video Here
	15	F	Three approaches to a "Law of Effect" Hull - Drive reduction S-R Diagram and Label Terms Example Postulate Textbook: 277-279
	18	M	A Problem for Hull - Harry Harlow Harlow's General Procedures Harlow's Results Harlow (1958) Fig. 5 Harlow (1958) Fig. 6 Another Problem for Hull? Meehl - Transituational Law of Effect - Meehl (1950) Textbook:
	20	W	Skinner - Empirical Law of Effect (1904 - 1990) -------------------------------------------------------- Positive Reinforcement Tutorial Negative Reinforcement University Skinner (1953) - Empirical Law of Effect Example circularity problem Brief biography of Skinner by his daughter Another biography of Skinner by Howard Rachlin Skinner In His Own Words Textbook: 213-232
	22	F	Empirical Law of Effect Exercises Label the effect #1 Label the effect #2 Label the effect #3 Label the effect #4 Label the effect #5 Label the effect #6 Label the effect #7 Label the effect #8 Label the effect #9 Label the effect #10 Nutraloaf: Food as a punisher? Bart & Lisa use a contingency *Application assignment #3*
	25	M	*Application assignment due*
	27	W	Question & Answer - Review [ Study Guide ]
	29	F	Test 3
			Test 3 Results
Operant Conditioning: Modern Work & Theory
April	1	M	Origin of New Responses Skinner - Shaping by successive approximations Girl with Violin Skinner's Minnesota Lab Pigeons Playing Ping Pong Operant Conditioning Chamber -------------------------------------------------------------- Skinner Shaping a Response [Warning: 6 Mb file] Training Rats as Bomb Detectors (The Video) Pouched Rat at Work Charles Mingus Trains a Cat to Use a Toilet Panhandle Story Skinner (1951) How to Teach Animals --------------------------------------------------------------
	3	W	Reinforcement schedules Operant Chamber Operation of a Cumulative Recorder Real Cumulative Recorder Bank of Cumulative Recorders --------------------------------------------- Development of Skinner's Operant Chamber Skinner (1956) - Figure 5 Skinner (1956) - Figure 8 Skinner (1956) - Figure 12 Textbook: 255-265
	5	F	Reinforcement schedules, cont. 4 Schedule Performances --------------------------------------------- Fish Hunter Games Game Table Here Game Demo Here Another Game Demo Here How to Play Here Article on Fish Hunter Games Here Article on Hooked Player Here --------------------------------------------- Nir Eyal - What makes Technonology so Habit-Forming? Video Here Verbal Description Here Summary of "Hooked" Here --------------------------------------------- KMS at Harrah's --------------------------------------------- Skinner (1960) Pigeons in a Pelican Nose Cone Outside Nose Cone Inside
	8	M	Reinforcer "Value" - I Pigeon in Operant Chamber Multiple Schedules - Behavioral Contrast Textbook: 313-317
			Reinforcer "Value" - II Concurrent schedules Matching effect vs. Matching Law Richard Herrnstein (left) and James Q. Wilson Herrnstein (1961) Results Textbook: 374-379
			Reinforcer "Value" - III Temporal Discounting & Self-Control Howard Rachlin Temporal Discounting Function Self-Control Problem Self Control Problem 2 Textbook: 396-404
	10	W	Into the future... Premack Reinforcement Principle Premack's RunDrink Apparatus Premack: Reward and Punishment vs Freedom Textbook: 279-281
	12	F	Premack's Analysis of Punishment Textbook: 357-358
	15	M	Timberlake & Allison - Response Deprivation Theory Textbook: 281-283
	17	W	Response Deprivation Theory
	19	F	Application assignment #4
	22	M	No Class - Easter
	24	W	Application assignment due Discussion of Application Assignment
			Classical vs. Operant - Identifying & Interactions Breland & Breland (1961) IQ Zoo The Tic-Tac-Toe Chicken BFS vs the Chicken Handshaping vs. Autoshaping Long Box Autoshaping Negative Autoshaping Why is the child crying? Textbook: 462-466
	26	F	Questions & Answers - Review [ Study Guide ]
	29	M	Test 4
			Test 4 Results
May	1	W	Discuss Final Exam 9:00 Class: Final Exam is Monday, May 6, 8 - 10:30 10:00 Class: Final Exam is Wednesday, May 8, 8 - 10:30