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Unit 6 (Corresponds with Chapter 7: Learning in 9e study guide)Test November 4Read ahead! Always plan for a quiz, though there may not be one every day.After-School Review 11-5-14 (Practice questions and answers)
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Operant Review/Practice, Sets 1 and 2
Practice your skills in identifying whether the situation is positive or negative punishment or reinforcement. We did set 1 in class.
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Videos on Learning: The Brain Series, # 16 &17
In the history of psychology, the question of where learning and memory take place has occupied investigators for years. Recent work at the National Institute of Mental Health has brought scientists closer to resolving the issue. This module shows magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology being used to identify specific changes in the motor cortex of human subjects — changes that correspond to training in particular tasks.17. Learning As Synaptic Change, 8 min
This module presents researchers investigating the structural changes involved in learning. Research conducted at the Pasteur Institute in Paris shows that the learning process involves the formation of new brain connections and the elimination of others. Other researchers dispel the myth of brain loss in aging, present evidence of changes at the cellular level, and review research on associative learning. -
Video on Learning: #8 Discovering Psychology
Via Learner.org: Prominent researchers — Pavlov, Thorndike, Watson, and Skinner — have greatly influenced today's thinking about how learning takes place. This program examines the basic principles of classical and operant conditioning elaborated by these renowned figures. With Dr. Howard Rachlin of the State University of New York at Stony Brook and Dr. Robert Ader of the University of Rochester. Updated.