Psychology 5150 - Fall 2014
Course Sequence
Date
Day
Assignment
8/19
T

Class Goals

Class Requirements

8/21
R

Concept(s) of the Reflex

Clarac (2005) - History of Term "Reflex"

Prochazka et al. (2000) - Reflex vs. Voluntary Distinction

Verplanck (1955) - Innate vs. Learned Distinction

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A Skeptical Analysis of Nonhuman Language Acquisition

Nim Chimpsky - Project Nim - Draft of Terrace Commentary

 

8/26
T

Pavlov's Definition of Reflex

and the Basic Acquisition Effects

Pavlov

Pavlov (1927) Lecture I

The classical conditioning effect

Acquisition procedures and effects.

Kymograph

Kymograph record

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RadioLab podcast on Beaumont and St. Martin

Conditioned Reflexes (1927)

Sechenov (1861) Thesis

Ivan Sechenov (1863) Reflexes of the Brain

 

8/28
R

Classical Conditioning I: Extinction
Do we need a concept of inhibition?

Pavlov (1927) Table of Contents

Falls (1998)

Bouton (2002)

Figure 3 (Rescorla, 2004)

9/2
T

Classical Conditioning II: Predicting the CS and UCS

Rescorla (1988)

Kamin Blocking Effect

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Evaluative Conditioning - A different view of the CS

Olson & Fazio (2001)

Verplanck (1962) - Unaware of Where's Awareness

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Rescorla (1968)

Rescorla (1969)

Kamin (1969)

 

9/4
R
No Class - Convocation
9/9
T

Classical Conditioning III: Predicting the response

Richard Solomon

Early Pattern in Opponent Process Model

Later Pattern in Opponent Process Model

Overall Pattern

Siegel & Ellsworth (1986)

Siegel (1988)

Siegel & Ramos (2002)

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Solomon & Wynne (1953)

Solomon, Kamin, & Wynne (1953)

Solomon (1980)

9/11
R

Catchup/Summary/Analysis

Addicted to Coke

Study Guide for "Addicted to Coke"

Siegel (2011) Four-Loko Effect

Study Guide - Test 1

9/16
T

Test 1

9/18
R

Thorndike codifies the Law of Effect

Charles Darwin - Continuity Among Species - Finches

George Romanes - Problem of Anecdotes

Thorndike (1898)

Thorndike's Puzzle Boxes

Thorndike (1911)

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Chance (1999)

Hearst (1999)

Skinner (1981)

 

9/23
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

Clark Hull

Hull (1943) Postulates

Hull (1943) System

Hull 1949 - Summary of System

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Hull (1930)

Hull (1931)

Hull (1937)

Hull (1931) Figure 5

Clark Hull Biography

Brian Wansink - Mindless Eating

Wansink et al. (2005) - Bottomless Soup Bowl

Wenger & Wheatley (1999) - Do Thoughts Cause Behavior?

Verplanck (1962) - Unaware of Where's Awareness

9/25
R

Problems for the Need-Drive Hypothesis

Harlow (1958) article

Harry Harlow

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The Prediction Issue: Two classic solutions

Transituational Law of Effect

Paul Meehl - Meehl (1950)

 

Empirical Law of Effect

B. F. Skinner - Skinner (1953)

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Practice with Skinner's Empirical Law of Effect

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Positive Reinforcement Tutorial

Food as a punisher

Example Token Economy in a School

Keep your eye on the contingency - Kerr 1975/1995

Keep your eye on the contingency - Ayllon & Michael (1959)

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The Introduction of Shaping - Skinner (1951)

Historical Description of Discovery of Shaping:

Peterson (2001) - Peterson (2004)

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Skinner (1950) - Are Theories of Learning Necessary?

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Biography of Skinner by Howard Rachlin

Schoenfeld (1978) - The tangled history of the term "Reinforcement"

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9/30
T

The Prediction Issue: Premack's solution

Premack's Run-Drink apparatus

Timberlake & Farmer-Dougan (1991)

Premack: Essay on Reward and Punishment vs Freedom

10/2
R

The Prediction Issue: Timberlake & Allison's solution

Response Deprivation Theory

Response Deprivation Theory Example

Timberlake & Farmer-Dougan (1991)

Konarski et al. (1980)

10/7
T

Catch Up / Summary / Q & A

Study Guide - Test 2

 

10/9

R

Test 2