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Direct linkRenner, Michael J. – Teaching of Psychology, 2004
The Rescorla-Wagner model is one of the cornerstones of learning theory. However, many students in undergraduate courses find the model's concepts difficult to grasp, and the model is often the students' first exposure to computational models in psychology. This article describes an interactive simulation based on an Excel(r) spreadsheet program…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Classical Conditioning, Simulation, Higher Education
Peer reviewedWindholz, George; Lamal, P. A. – Teaching of Psychology, 1986
Contrary to widely held belief, Watons and Rayner's (1920) experiment with Little Albert is not first reported case of classical conditioning of a child. Their work was preceded by that of Bogen and of Krasnogorskii. Mateer's work either preceded or coincided with Watons and Rayner's. This article clarifies chronology of these early studies of…
Descriptors: Child Psychology, Children, Classical Conditioning, Clinical Psychology
Peer reviewedKandel, Eric R.; Schwartz, James H. – Science, 1982
Describes how a behavioral system in Aplysia (marine snail) can be used to examine mechanisms of several forms of learning at different levels of analysis: behavioral, cell-physiological, ultrastructural, and molecular. Focusing on short-term sensitization, suggests how molecular mechanisms can be extended to explain long-term memory and classical…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Associative Learning, Biochemistry, Biology
