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Chapter 7

Learning

Learning - Definition and Overview

Habituation

Pavlov and Classical Conditioning

Ivan Pavlov - Biography

Classical Conditioning - Overview

Spontaneous Recovery

J. B. Watson - Biography

Watson's Children and Grandchildren

Little Albert and the Rat - Overview

Watson & Rayner's Paper on the Experiment

Systematic Desensitization

Modern Work on Classical Conditioning

Biological Preparedness and Fear of Spiders

Rescorla and Kamin

John Garcia and Taste Aversion

Taste Aversion and Wildlife Management

Operant Conditioning

Operant Conditioning - Overview

E. L. Thorndike

B.F. Skinner

B.F. Skinner: Autobiography

B. F. Skinner: Are Theories of Learning Necessary

Reinforcement

Shaping

The Premack Principle

Skinner's Article on Superstition in the Pigeon

Schedules of Reinforcement

Side Effects of Punishment

Cognitive Learning

Latent Learning

Tolman & Honzik Latent Learning Experiment

Tolman's 1948 Article on Latent Learning

Bandura's Bobo Doll Experiment

Conditioning Self-Quiz (both classical and operant)