Psychology 5150 - Topics

Psychology 5150 - Fall 2006
Course Sequence
Date	Day	Assignment
8/22	T	Opening Class Class Requirements Concept(s) of the Reflex A cat feeling harassed? A horse doing math? A parrot that understands language? Talk therapy for your pet? Koko's Strange Request Descartes Descartes Philosophy A walk through the gardens The mixed nature of humankind Mind and body Pineal gland in action A Current Animal Cognition Controversy Pavlov (1927) Lecture I The legacy of Descarte's mind-body dualism
8/24	R	Pavlov the Surgeon Pavlov is awarded Nobel Prize Pavlov's Lab The classical conditioning effect. Dog in apparatus Technician operates apparatus Acquisition procedures and effects. Kymograph record Conditioned Reflexes (1927)
8/29	T	Classical Conditioning I: Do we need a concept of inhibition? Pavlov (1927) Table of Contents Falls (1998) Bouton (2002)
8/31	R	Classical Conditioning II: Predicting the UCS and CS Rescorla (1988) Figure 2 from Rescorla (1988)
9/5	T	Classical Conditioning III: Predicting the response Siegel & Ellsworth (1986) Siegel (1988) Siegel & Ramos (2002) Solomon (1980) Richard Solomon General Pattern of Reaction Early Pattern in Opponent Process Model Later Pattern in Opponent Process Model Overall Pattern
9/7	R	Classical Conditioning IV: Function of Conditioning Domjan (2005) Woods & Ramsey (2000) Woods (1991) Polivy & Herman (1987)
9/12	T	Catchup/Summary/Analysis Addicted to Coke Writing Assignment Instructions
9/12	T	Written Assignment
9/14	R	Thorndike codifies the Law of Effect Thorndike (1898) Thorndike (1911) Chance (1999) Hearst (1999) Skinner (1981) Dogs as People 1 Dogs as People 2 Dogs as People 3 William James House (95 Irving St)
9/19	T	J. B. Watson and E. R. Guthrie against the Law of Effect C. L. Hull for the Law of Effect. Watson (1924) Guthrie (1952) Guthrie's Cat B Guthrie's Cat G Guthrie's Learning Principle Clark Hull Hull (1931) Hull (1943) Postulates Hull (1943) System
9/21	R	Harlow (1958) article Harry Harlow Harlow's Basic Procedure Harlow's Results: Figure 5 Figure 6 After Hull The Prediction Issue: Two classic solutions Meehl (1950) Skinner (1953) Positive Reinforcement Tutorial Label the effect #1 Label the effect #2 Label the effect #3 Label the effect #4 Label the effect #5 Food as a punisher Biography of Skinner by Howard Rachlin
9/26	T	Skinner in the Lab Shaping A visit to Natural Sciences 114 [Warning: 6 Mb QT file] Operant Chamber Girl with Violin Reinforcement Schedules Cumulative Recorder Choice Herrnstein (1961) results Herrnstein (1961) Behavioral Contrast Reynolds (1961)
9/28	R	The Prediction Issue: Premack's solution Premack's Run-Drink apparatus Timberlake & Farmer-Dougan (1991)
10/3	T	The Prediction Issue: Timberlake & Allison Timberlake & Farmer-Dougan (1991) Konarski et al. (1980)
10/5	R	Catchup/Summary/Review
10/5	R	Writing Assigment
10/10	T	TEST