Famous Faces Unit 4 Learning

While exploring the cognitive processes of conditioning, he showed that an animal can learn predictability of an event. 

The pioneering researcher of observational learning. Gave us the Bobo doll experiments.

His latent learning experiments with rats showed learning occurs but is not demonstrated until incentivised.

His experiments on learning produced the phenomenon we call classical conditioning.

Challenged the prevailing idea that all associations can be learned equally well. Known for taste aversion experiments.

His work elaborated on Thorndike's Law of Effect. Influential behaviorist that conducted operant conditioning research.

classical conditioning principles in his studies of “Little Albert” showed how specific fears might be conditioned.

Conditioning works better if the CS acts as a reliable signal that predicts the appearance of the UCS. Expectancy is key