Associative LearningAssociative Learning

Honors AP/IB PsychologyHonors AP/IB Psychology

Motivating QuestionsMotivating Questions You are a psychologist treating a patient who You are a psychologist treating a patient who

is addicted to smoking. Explain how you is addicted to smoking. Explain how you would treat the patient’s addiction.would treat the patient’s addiction.

You are a therapist who has a patient with a You are a therapist who has a patient with a fear of spiders. Their spouse loves the fear of spiders. Their spouse loves the outdoors and this fear interfering with their outdoors and this fear interfering with their marriage. How would you treat this patient?marriage. How would you treat this patient?

You are a coach of a football team and your You are a coach of a football team and your quarterback is throwing too many incomplete quarterback is throwing too many incomplete passes. Explain how you would use learning passes. Explain how you would use learning theory to help his game.theory to help his game.

MAKING CONNECTIONSMAKING CONNECTIONS

Anatomy Neurophysiology

A Complete Circuit!

Outside of the Black BoxOutside of the Black Box

Learning is something Learning is something that can be observed that can be observed without observing the without observing the brain directly.brain directly.

In fact, behavioral In fact, behavioral psychologists treat the psychologists treat the nervous system as a nervous system as a ““black boxblack box” and ” and focus mainly on focus mainly on relationships among relationships among observable stimuli and observable stimuli and behaviors.behaviors.

Important Procedural Important Procedural DistinctionsDistinctions

Classical Classical ConditioningConditioning

learning associations learning associations between a neutral between a neutral stimulus (tone) and a stimulus (tone) and a biologically significant biologically significant stimulus (food).stimulus (food).

Operant Operant ConditioningConditioning

learning learning associations associations between a response between a response and a biologically and a biologically significant stimulus significant stimulus that results from that results from that response.that response.

Content AdditionsContent AdditionsStrengthof CR

Time/Trials

Acquisition(CS+UCS)

Extinction(CS alone)

Extinction(CS alone)

Spontaneousrecovery ofCR

ActivitiesActivities

Presentation Item PointValue

Introduction of the problem in a creative real-life context……..

15

Treatment Plan

o Interpretation of problem according to learning theory

35

o Multiple suggestions for treatment to solve the problem

35

o Discussion of possible problems in the treatment plans

15

Total

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Enduring Question?Enduring Question?

What if the What if the Hokey-Pokey Hokey-Pokey

ISIS what it’s all about?what it’s all about?