AP Psychology
Chapter 8:
Learning Unit
Outline
General (Notecards due
Objectives: ¾)
1. To present the principles and processes involved in classical
conditioning
2. To present the principles and processes involved in operant conditioning
3. To describe the nature of observational learning and the impact of
both positive and negative models
Terms to Understand, Encode, and Store for Successful Retrieval – learning,
habituation, mere exposure effect, behavioral learning, classical
conditioning, neutral stimulus, unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned
response, acquisition, conditioned stimulus, conditioned response,
extinction, spontaneous recovery, stimulus generalization, stimulus
discrimination, taste aversion learning, operant, operant conditioning,
law of effect, reinforcer, positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement,
operant chamber, reinforcement contingencies, continuous
reinforcement, shaping, intermittent reinforcement, schedules of
reinforcement, ratio schedule, ratio schedule, interval schedule, fixed
ratio schedule, variable ratio schedules, fixed interval schedules, variable
interval schedules, primary reinforcers, conditioned reinforcers, token
economy, premack principle, punishment, positive punishment, omission
training, insight learning, cognitive map, observational learning, long
term potenation
Daily Activities and Due Dates:
2/20: Intro To learning: Creating a School or Reading Questions.(195-
205)
2/21: demo/Classical Conditioning Day 1 lecture/ worksheet practice
(195-205)
2/22Day 3: Go over Classical Conditioning worksheet, homework
practice 2/Present drug(195-205)
2/25Day 4: Acquisition and Discrimination, work on diagram (195-205)
2/26Day 5: Classical Conditioning Diagram, group quiz(195-205)
2/27Day 6: Create a school,Introduce Operant Conditioning
practice(206-208)
2/28Day 7: Operant Conditioning (206-208)
2/29Day 8: Operant Conditioning , practice(206-208)
3/4Day 9: gambling, Schedules of Reinforcement (208-216)(notecards
Chapter 8:
Learning Unit
Outline
General (Notecards due
Objectives: ¾)
1. To present the principles and processes involved in classical
conditioning
2. To present the principles and processes involved in operant conditioning
3. To describe the nature of observational learning and the impact of
both positive and negative models
Terms to Understand, Encode, and Store for Successful Retrieval – learning,
habituation, mere exposure effect, behavioral learning, classical
conditioning, neutral stimulus, unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned
response, acquisition, conditioned stimulus, conditioned response,
extinction, spontaneous recovery, stimulus generalization, stimulus
discrimination, taste aversion learning, operant, operant conditioning,
law of effect, reinforcer, positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement,
operant chamber, reinforcement contingencies, continuous
reinforcement, shaping, intermittent reinforcement, schedules of
reinforcement, ratio schedule, ratio schedule, interval schedule, fixed
ratio schedule, variable ratio schedules, fixed interval schedules, variable
interval schedules, primary reinforcers, conditioned reinforcers, token
economy, premack principle, punishment, positive punishment, omission
training, insight learning, cognitive map, observational learning, long
term potenation
Daily Activities and Due Dates:
2/20: Intro To learning: Creating a School or Reading Questions.(195-
205)
2/21: demo/Classical Conditioning Day 1 lecture/ worksheet practice
(195-205)
2/22Day 3: Go over Classical Conditioning worksheet, homework
practice 2/Present drug(195-205)
2/25Day 4: Acquisition and Discrimination, work on diagram (195-205)
2/26Day 5: Classical Conditioning Diagram, group quiz(195-205)
2/27Day 6: Create a school,Introduce Operant Conditioning
practice(206-208)
2/28Day 7: Operant Conditioning (206-208)
2/29Day 8: Operant Conditioning , practice(206-208)
3/4Day 9: gambling, Schedules of Reinforcement (208-216)(notecards
