Psychology 5300

Psychology 5300 - Fall 2016
Course Sequence
Date	Day	Assignment
8/16	T	Class Goals Class Requirements
8/18	R
8/23	T	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 The legacy of Descarte's mind-body dualism Marshall Hall Voluntary vs. Involuntary Distinction Marshall Hall Brief Bio 1 Marshall Hall Brief Bio 2 ----------------------------------------------------------- Pavlov (1927) Lecture I Skinner (1931) Assignment: Descartes/Hall vs. Pavlov/Skinner ----------------------------------------------------------- More on Alex A Current Animal Cognition Controversy Alex talks on PBS RIP Alex! A Skeptical Analysis of Nonhuman Language Acquisition Nim Chimpsky - Project Nim - Draft of Terrace Commentary Ivan Sechenov Sechenov (1861) Thesis
8/25	R	Pavlov's Discovery and the Basic Acquisition Effects Pavlov Pavlov the Surgeon Pavlov is awarded Nobel Prize Pavlov's Lab Dog in apparatus (Yerkes & Morgulis, 1909) Technician operates apparatus Kymograph Kymograph record Acquisition procedures and effects. ----------------------------------------------------------- Assignment: Spot Acquisition Procedures in Daily Life ----------------------------------------------------------- RadioLab podcast on Beaumont and St. Martin Conditioned Reflexes (1927) Sechenov (1861) Thesis Ivan Sechenov (1863) Reflexes of the Brain Brief Biography of Sechenov Pictures of Pavlov's Dogs Bad CC Diagram
8/30	T	Discussion of Assignment
9/1	R	Classical Conditioning I: Extinction Do we need a concept of inhibition? Pavlov (1927) Table of Contents Falls (1998) Bouton (2002) ----------------------------------------------------------- Skinner Box Figure 3 (Rescorla, 2004) Jerzy Konorski Assignment: Problem of Relapse
9/6	T	Discussion of Assignment
9/8	R	Classical Conditioning II: Predicting the CS Contiguity vs. Contingency Figure 2 from Rescorla (1988) ----------------------------------------------------------- Rescorla (1988) Rescorla (1968) Rescorla (1969) Kamin (1969)
9/13	T	Classical Conditioning III: Predicting the UCS Pavlov - Biological Potency Kamin Blocking Effect ----------------------------------------------------------- Rescorla (1988) Kamin (1969)
9/15	R	Classical Conditioning III: Predicting the Response Richard Solomon General Pattern of Reaction Early Pattern in Opponent Process Model Later Pattern in Opponent Process Model Overall Pattern Siegel & Ellsworth (1986) Siegel (1988) Siegel & Ramos (2002) Solomon (1980) ----------------------------------------------------------- Other "opponent process" examples Rebound headaches Nasal Spray addiction Heartburn drugs can cause heartburn ----------------------------------------------------------- Assignment: Diet Coke I Addicted to Coke Assignment for "Addicted to Coke" ----------------------------------------------------------- Karl Zener Zener Cards
9/20	T	Discussion of Diet Coke I
9/22	R	Diet Coke II Swithers (2015) Davidson, Sample, & Swithers (2014) Davidson et al (2011) Woods (1991) Woods & Ramsey (2000) ----------------------------------------------------------- Digestive System Pancreas ----------------------------------------------------------- Similar to Diet Coke II Siegel (2011) Four-Loko Effect Glass of Four Loko ----------------------------------------------------------- Assignment: Diet Coke II
9/27	T	Discussion of Diet Coke II
9/29	R	Q & A [Study Guide]
10/4	T	Test 1
10/6	R	Thorndike codifies the Law of Effect Charles Darwin - Continuity Among Species - Finches George Romanes - Problem of Anecdotes Thorndike (1898) William James House (95 Irving St) Thorndike's Puzzle Boxes Thorndike (1911) ----------------------------------------------------------- Thorndike's History Chance (1999) Hearst (1999) ----------------------------------------------------------- Parallels between Evolution and Behavior Change Skinner (1981) The Introduction of Shaping - Skinner (1951) Historical Description of Discovery of Shaping: Peterson (2001) - Peterson (2004) ----------------------------------------------------------- Hal Herzog (1993) - Moral issues associated with accepting Darwin's "Continuity" argument ----------------------------------------------------------- Examples of Quick Evolutionary Changes: Italian Wall Lizard Brown Anole Lizard Galapagos Finch -----------------------------------------------------------
10/11	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 (1943) Postulates Hull (1943) System Hull 1949 - Summary of System ----------------------------------------------------------- Hull (1930) Hull (1931) Hull (1937) Hull (1931) Figure 5 Clark Hull Biography ----------------------------------------------------------- Issue of Awareness 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
10/13	R	Fall Break
10/18		Problems for the Need-Drive Hypothesis Harlow (1958) article Harry Harlow Harlow's Basic Procedure Harlow's Results: Figure 5 Figure 6 After Hull General Problem for Hull ----------------------------------------------------------- The Prediction Issue: Two classic solutions Transituational Law of Effect Paul Meehl - Meehl (1950) Empirical Law of Effect B. F. Skinner - Skinner (1953) ----------------------------------------------------------- Assignment: Skinner on Theories Skinner (1950) - Are Theories of Learning Necessary? ----------------------------------------------------------- Biography of Skinner by Howard Rachlin Schoenfeld (1978/1995) - The tangled history of the term "Reinforcement" ----------------------------------------------------------- History of the Maze in Research
10/20	R	Practice with Skinner's Empirical Law of Effect Label the effect #1 Label the effect #2 Label the effect #3 Label the effect #4 Label the effect #5 Label the effect #6 Label the effect #7 Label the effect #8 Label the effect #9 Label the effect #10 ----------------------------------------------------------- Assignment: Empirical Law of Effect 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) Keep your eye on the contingency - Homer's Problem
10/25	T	Discussion of Assignment
10/27	R	Reinforcement Schedules Operant Chamber Operation of a Cumulative Recorder Actual Cumulative Recorder Bank of Cumulative Recorders Pattern of Responding on 4 Schedules ----------------------------------------------------------- Development of Skinner's Method Skinner (1956) Figure 5 Skinner (1956) Figure 8 Skinner (1956) Figure 9 Skinner (1956) Figure 10 Skinner (1956) Figure 12 ----------------------------------------------------------- The Introduction of Shaping - Skinner (1951) Skinner (1956) A Case History in Scientific Method
11/1	T	Reinforcement "Value" Pigeon in Operant Chamber Skinner's Minnesota Lab Palmetto Pigeon Plant Multiple Schedules - Behavioral Contrast Reynolds (1961) Concurrent Schedules - Matching Herrnstein (1961) Herrnstein's Results Assignment: Schedule Interactions
11/3	R	Back to the Prediction Issue: Premack's solution Premack's Run-Drink apparatus ----------------------------------------------------------- Timberlake & Farmer-Dougan (1991) Premack: Essay on Reward and Punishment vs Freedom
11/8	T	The Prediction Issue: Timberlake & Allison's solution Response Deprivation Theory Response Deprivation Theory Example Timberlake Disequilibrium Approach Assignment: Premack vs Response Deprivation ----------------------------------------------------------- Timberlake & Farmer-Dougan (1991) Konarski et al. (1980)
11/10	R	Operant-Pavlovian Interactions I Two-Factor Theory Solomon & Wynne Apparatus General Pattern of Results Typical Individual Acquisition Curves 1 and 2 Avoidance Latencies after Last Shock Figure ----------------------------------------------------------- Solomom, Kamin, & Wynne 200 Trials of Ordinary Extinction Pattern of Responding Within Session Results for Varied Extinction Procedures ----------------------------------------------------------- Solomon & Wynne (1953) Solomon, Kamin, & Wynne (1953)
11/15	T	Operant-Pavlovian Interactions II Learned Helplessness Seligman & Maier (1967) Table 1 Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 ----------------------------------------------------------- Hiroto (1974) Hiroto & Seligman (1975) ----------------------------------------------------------- M. E. P. Seligman Seligman in the 70s Assignment: Operant-Pavlovian Interactions
11/17	R	Psychonomic Society Meeting - No Class
11/22	T	Discussion of Assignment
11/24	R	Thanksgiving Break - No Class
11/29	T	Summary / Q & A The Altoid Prank: Classical or Operant Conditioning? [ # ] [##] Study Guide - Test 2
		Test 2 - Dec. 2, 3:00-5:30