Operant conditioning Summary

Learning The need for experimental proof is a key part of the scientific definition of learning. As outside observers of animal behavior, humans are practically incapable of understanding which cognit... Read more

Neural Substrates of Avoidance Learning People and animals learn to avoid pain provided that warning stimuli are available to signal pain-inducing events. Such learning is generally of two types, acti... Read more

Reinforcement Theory Reinforcement theory is the process of shaping behavior by controlling the consequences of the behavior. In reinforcement theory a combination of rewards and/or punishments is use... Read more

The way that people and animals behave and learn is a subject that has interested many psychologists over the past century. Many have suggested different theories regarding behavioural learning, som... Read more

We learn by associating things with other events, this is called classical conditioning. A neutral stimulus comes to evoke the response usually evoked by another stimulus by being paired repeatedly wi... Read more

In the movie, `Remember the Titans', a story unfolds about the complete cycle of prejudice including the application of super-ordinate goals to reverse it and create a dominant football team. In case ... Read more