Psychology 3214

Psychology 3214 Learning Calendar of Topics and Class Materials - Spring 2021
Classical Conditioning: Basics
Jan	20	W	Course Description & Requirements
	*	*	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 -------------------------------------------------------------- Another approach: Predictable Relationship 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 Language focusing on Koko -------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of Two Definitions of Reflex
	*	*	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 -------------------------------------------------------------- Label Classical Conditioning Exercise -------------------------------------------------------------- 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
	*	*	Acquisition Eyeblink Conditioning -------------------------------------------------------------- Basic Procedures (Variation 1) Basic Procedures (Variation 2) Delay vs Trace (Variation 1) Delay vs Trace (Variation 2) -------------------------------------------------------------- Label Acquisition Procedure Exercise -------------------------------------------------------------- Bad CC Diagram Textbook: 119-123
	*	*	Extinction Spontaneous Recovery Effect (Rescorla, 2004) Rapid Reacquisition Latent Inhibition Renewal Effect Textbook: 133-137 -------------------------------------------------------------- Rat in Conditioning Chamber
	*	*	Inhibition Table of Contents from Pavlov (1927) Differential Conditioning Latent Inhibition Efffect Textbook: 158-160
	*	*	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
*	*	*	Application assignment #1 Example Ads: Old Style vs. New Style -------------------------------------------------------------- Adventures with the Ludicrous: Sexy Women Sell Firearms
	*	*	Application assignment due
Feb	3	Wed	Question & Answer - Review [ Study Guide ]
	6	Sat	Test 1 Submitted by 8 AM
			Test 1 Results
Classical Conditioning: Modern Work & Explanations
	*	*	Pavlov's Cortical Explanation Table of Contents from Pavlov (1927) Lecture 17 & the Shenger-Krestovnikova Experiment Textbook: 140-142 ------------------------------------------------------------- J. Hughlings Jackson Homunculus
	*	*	What makes a good CS? -------------------------------------------------------------- Pavlov Analysis of the effect -------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Rescorla Contiguity vs. Contingency Rescorla experimental procedure Practice exercise with contingency analysis -------------------------------------------------------------- Textbook: 56-57
	*	*	What makes a good UCS? Pavlov's Answer - Biological Potency the Blocking Effect & Kamin's Answer Blocking Effect - Lecture Summary Blocking Effect Results - Summary Textbook: 154-156 -------------------------------------------------------------- Leo Kamin & Harvard in the 1950s - Kamin's Account
	*	*	Prediction of Conditioning Effects Rescorla - Wagner Model Rescorla - Wagner Model Acquisition Process (So you want to be a CS, Laddie?) Rescorla - Wagner Model Summary Textbook: 176-179
	*	*	Rescorla - Wagner Model Successes & Failures Rescorla - Wagner Model - Extinction & Latent Inhibition Summary
			Comparator Hypothesis Textbook:
	*	*	Predicting the Response Solomon's Opponent Process Model Solomon, Kamin, & Wynne apparatus Hedonic changes with experience #1 #2 #3 General Pattern of Response Dynamics of Pattern - Early Dynamics of Pattern - Many Encounters Early vs. Late Opponent Process Model Summary -------------------------------------------------------------- Opponent responses in heroin use Siegel & Ellsworth (1986) Application assignment #2 -------------------------------------------------------------- Karl Zener Zener Cards Shuttle Box Apparatus Textbook: 101-107, 168-175
	*	*	*Application assignment due* Textbook: 168-175
Mar	1	M	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 (of the Diet Coke variety) Your analysis problem of the person who is addicted to Coke
Mar	3	W	Question & Answer - Review [ Study Guide ]
Mar	5	F	Test 2 - Due Sunday, March 7 - 8 AM
			Test 2 Results
Operant Conditioning: "Law of Effect" Basics
	*	*	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 Actual Learning Curve Thorndike's Law of Effect Textbook: 211-213 -------------------------------------------------------- Relationship of Theory of Evolution to Law of Effect -------------------------------------------------------- A short, fun, and useful read... Introduction to Animal Intelligence by E. L. Thorndike -------------------------------------------------------- Examples of Quick Evolutionary Changes Italian Wall Lizard Brown Anole Lizard Galapagos Finch
	*	*	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
	*	*	Three approaches to a "Law of Effect" Hull - Drive reduction (Need--Drive Hypothesis) S-R Diagram and Label Terms Example Postulate Textbook: 277-279
	*	*	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:
	*	*	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
	*	*	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 -------------------------------------------------------- Summary of Empirical Law of Effect Analysis -------------------------------------------------------- Nutraloaf: Food as a punisher? Bart & Lisa use a contingency *Application assignment #3*
	*	*	*Application assignment due*
Mar	29	M	Question & Answer - Review [ Study Guide ]
Mar	31	W	Test 3 (Due Sat, Apr 3, 8 AM)
			Test 3 Results
Operant Conditioning: Modern Work & Theory
*	*	*	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 --------------------------------------------------------------
	*	*	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 --------------------------------------------- Skinner (1956) - A Case History in Scientific Method --------------------------------------------- Textbook: 255-265
	*	*	Reinforcement schedules - Summary 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
	*	*	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
	*	*	Into the future... Premack Approach to the Law of Effect Premack's RunDrink Apparatus Premack: Reward and Punishment vs Freedom Premack Summary Premack Reinforcement Principle Textbook: 279-281
	*	*	Premack's Analysis of Punishment Both Premack Principles Textbook: 357-358
	*	*	Timberlake & Allison - Response Deprivation Theory Textbook: 281-283
	*	*	Response Deprivation Theory Response Deprivation Example
	*	*	Punishment Timberlake Disequilibrium Model Application assignment #4
	*	*	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
Apr	26	M	Questions & Answers - Review [ Study Guide ]
	28	W	Test 4 -- Due Sunday, May 2, 8 AM
			Test 4 Results
*	*	*	Discuss Final Exam