Psychological Science Podcast
1) 85-General Laws of Learning Revisited
Revisiting how the 2 general laws of classical conditioning have been violated, with powerful and long-lasting effects.
2) 84-Operant Conditioning Applications
Applications of operant conditioning in training animals for entertainment, training animals to kill or help people, and other applications.
3) 83-Classical Conditioning Applications
Practical applications of classical conditioning in advertising, dealing with nuisance bears, and bed-wetting.
4) 82-Complex Learning Processes
An examination of habit reversal, observational learning, and insight learning.
5) 81-Operant Conditioning
The procedures and power of operant conditioning, including many examples of its complexity.
6) 80-Classical Conditioning
Principles of classical conditioning, including the procedure, pairing possibilities of CS-US, general laws of learning, and Watson’s conditioned phobia in Little Albert.
7) 79-Discrimination and Generalization
Organissms can be conditioned to discriminate among two or more stimuli, and then be tested for stimulus generalization to assess whether or not they have a concept for the stimulus that was rewarded ...Show More
8) 78-Reinforcers and Reinforcement
Reinforcement, which is always rewarding and will increase responding, is defined by the presentation or withdrawal of positive or negative reinforcers, which also involves two types of punishment.
9) 77-Conditioning
Conditioning involves rewarding or punishing an organism when it responds, which results in a change in the frequency or form of behavior. A typical conditioning experiment involves acquisition, exti...Show More
10) 76-Habituation
Habituation, the simplest form of learning, is a decrease in responding due to repeated stimulation regulated by the central nervous system.