Psychology 3214

Psychology 3214 Learning Calendar of Topics - Spring 2017
Classical Conditioning: Basics
Jan	18	W	Course Description & Requirements
	20	F	What is a reflex? A cat feeling harassed? A horse doing math? A parrot that understands language? Talk therapy for your pet? Koko's strange request -------------------------------------------------------------- Descartes: Inventor of the term Reflex (1596 - 1650) Descartes Philosophy A walk through the gardens The mixed nature of humankind Mind and body Pineal gland in action -------------------------------------------------------------- Marshall Hall: Definition of Reflex (1790 - 1857) Brain vs. Spinal Cord Voluntary vs. Involuntary Response Distinction -------------------------------------------------------------- B. F. Skinner (1931) Definition of Reflex (1904 - 1990) Pupillary Reflex example -------------------------------------------------------------- A Current Animal Cognition Controversy and more and Descartes
	23	M	The Effect Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849 - 1936) Pavlov is awarded Nobel Prize Pavlov's Definition of Reflex Pavlov's Special Lab Pavlov in Lab Dog in apparatus Kymograph Records Textbook: 107-114 -------------------------------------------------------------- The Pavlov Institute of Physiology Pictures of Pavlov's Dogs RadioLab podcast on Beaumont and St. Martin [trivia] Pavlov's Steak [humor] Pavlov's Brother
	25	W	Acquisition Eyeblink Conditioning Label Classical Conditioning Exercise Bad CC Diagram Textbook: 119-123
	27	F	Extinction Spontaneous Recovery Effect (Rescorla, 2004) Renewal Effect Textbook: 133-137
	30	M	Inhibition Table of Contents from Pavlov (1927) Textbook: 158-160
Feb	1	W	Watson & Rayner (1920) Biographical Info On John B. Watson John B. Watson JBW's House JBW at Furman Watson and Rayner What happened to Little Albert? Current views
	3	F	Application assignment Example Ads: Old Style vs. New Style
	6	M	Application assignment due
	8	W	Question & Answer - Review [ Study Guide ]
	10	F	Test 1
			Test 1 Results
Classical Conditioning: Modern Work & Explanations
	13	M	Pavlov's Cortical Explanation Lecture 17 & the Shenger-Krestovnikova Experiment Textbook: 140-142
	15	W	What makes a good CS? Contiguity vs. Contingency Textbook: 56-57
	17	F	What makes a good UCS? Pavlov's Answer Kamin's Answer & the Blocking Effect Textbook: 154-156 -------------------------------------------------------------- Leo Kamin & Harvard in the 1950s
	20	M	Prediction of Conditioning Effects Rescorla - Wagner Model Textbook: 176-179
	22	W	Rescorla - Wagner Model Successes
	24	F	Rescorla-Wagner Failures and afterwards Comparator Hypothesis Textbook:
	27	M	Predicting the Response Solomon's Opponent Process Model General Pattern of Response Dynamics of Pattern - Early Dynamics of Pattern - Many Encounters Early vs. Late -------------------------------------------------------------- Karl Zener Zener Cards -------------------------------------------------------------- Shuttle Box Apparatus Textbook: 101-107
Mar	1	W	Opponent responses in heroin use Siegel & Ellsworth (1986) *Application assignment* Textbook: 168-175
	3	F	*Application assignment due* Other "opponent process" cases Rebound headaches Nasal Spray addiction Tachyphylaxis Rebound Effects Is this a good way to deal with antidepressant "poop out"? The story of someone who is Addicted to Coke
	6	M	Question & Answer - Review [ Study Guide ]
	8	W	Test 2
			Test 2 Results
	10	F	Flex day
	13	M
	15	W	Spring Break!
	17	F
Operant Conditioning: "Law of Effect" Basics
	20	M	Thorndike introduces the Law of Effect Charles Darwin - Continuity Among Species - Darwin's Finches Romanes argues by Anecdote Edward Lee Thorndike tests the mental continuity argument Example Puzzle Box Some Actual Puzzle Boxes Thorndike's Law of Effect Introduction to Animal Intelligence Textbook: 211-213 -------------------------------------------------------- Examples of Quick Evolutionary Changes Italian Wall Lizard Brown Anole Lizard Galapagos Finch
	22	W	Alternative explanations of the Puzzle Box results J. B. Watson Guthrie and Horton Puzzle Box Cat B Cat G Edwin Guthrie's alternative Brian Wansink - Mindless Eating Textbook: 325-326
	24	F	Three approaches to a "Law of Effect" Hull - Drive reduction S-R Diagram and Label Terms Example Postulate Textbook: 277-279
	27	M	A Problem for Hull - Harry Harlow Harlow's General Procedures Harlow's Results Harlow (1958) Fig. 5 Harlow (1958) Fig. 6 Another Problem for Hull? Meehl - Transituational Law of Effect Textbook:
	29	W	Skinner - Empirical Law of Effect Positive Reinforcement Tutorial Negative Reinforcement University Skinner (1953) - Empirical Law of Effect Example circularity problem Brief biography of Skinner by his daughter Another biography of Skinner by Howard Rachlin Skinner In His Own Words Textbook: 213-232
	31	F	Empirical Law of Effect Exercises 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 Nutraloaf: Food as a punisher? Homer's problem *Application assignment*
Apr	3	M	Origin of New Responses Skinner - Shaping by successive approximations Girl with Violin Skinner's Minnesota Lab Pigeons Playing Ping Pong Operant Conditioning Chamber -------------------------------------------------------------- Skinner Shaping a Response [Warning: 6 Mb file] Training Rats as Bomb Detectors (The Video) Pouched Rat at Work Charles Mingus Trains a Cat to Use a Toilet Panhandle Story Skinner (1951) How to Teach Animals -------------------------------------------------------------- *Application assignment due*
	5	W	Question & Answer - Review [ Study Guide ]
	7	F	Test 3
			Test 3 Results
Operant Conditioning: Modern Work & Theory
	10	M	Reinforcement schedules Operant Chamber Operation of a Cumulative Recorder Real Cumulative Recorder Bank of Cumulative Recorders --------------------------------------------- Development of Skinner's Method Skinner 1956 Figure 5 Skinner 1956 Figure 8 Skinner 1956 Figure 12 Textbook: 255-265
	12	W	Reinforcement schedules, cont. 4 Schedule Performances --------------------------------------------- Skinner (1960) Pigeons in a Pelican Nose Cone Outside Nose Cone Inside
	14	F	Reinforcer "Value" - I Pigeon in Operant Chamber Multiple Schedules - Behavioral Contrast Textbook: 313-317
	17	M	State Holiday
	19	W	Reinforcer "Value" - II Concurrent schedules Matching effect vs. Matching Law Richard Herrnstein (left) and James Q. Wilson Herrnstein (1961) Results Textbook: 374-379
			Reinforcer "Value" - III Temporal Discounting & Self-Control Howard Rachlin Temporal Discounting Function Self-Control Problem Self Control Problem 2 Textbook: 396-404
	21	F	Into the future... Premack Reinforcement Principle Premack's RunDrink Apparatus Premack: Reward and Punishment vs Freedom Textbook: 279-281
	24	M	Premack's Analysis of Punishment Textbook: 357-358 *Application assignment*
	26	W	*Application assignment due* --------------------------------------------- Timberlake & Allison - Response Deprivation Theory Textbook: 281-283
	28	F	Questions & Answers - Review [ Study Guide ]
			Classical vs. Operant - Identifying & Interactions Breland & Breland (1961) IQ Zoo The Tic-Tac-Toe Chicken BFS vs the Chicken Handshaping vs. Autoshaping Long Box Autoshaping Negative Autoshaping Why is the child crying? Textbook: 462-466
May	1	M	Test 4
			Test 4 Results
	3	W	Discuss Final Exam Final Exam Time is May 10, Noon - 2:30