Transcript Psychology 3351: Learning

PSYCHOLOGY 3351: LEARNING
D. Rush McQueen, Ph.D.
[email protected]
334.399.1028
SYLLABUS AND COURSE OVERVIEW
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Text: Olson, M.H. & Hergenhahn, B.R. (2009). An
Introduction to Theories of Learning (Eighth Edition).
Pearson, Prentice-Hall: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.
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Quizzes (25% of total grade): Each class session when there
is not an examination
10 multiple choice items based on reading for the day
 Score of “0” for unexcused absence or being late (quiz given
during first 10 minutes of class); no make-ups
 Score will be the sum of the top 10 quiz scores (or fewer if
unexcused absences result in fewer than 10 scores)
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Examinations (3; 25% of total grade each)
50 multiple choice questions
 Any text content is “fair game” but emphasis will be upon
lecture and discussion material
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GRADES AND POLICIES
Quiz average and each of examinations are each
25% of final grade
 10 point grade scale (e.g. A = 91 – 100%)
 Refer to the student handbook, the Oracle, for
policy, especially regarding absences
 No extra credit
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SCHEDULE
Date
Topic(s)
Assignment
08/10
Introduction, Syllabus; What is Learning?
08/12
Approaches to the Study of Learning
08/17
Early Notions about Learning
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
08/19
Edward Lee Thorndike
Chapter 4
08/24
Burrhus Frederic Skinner
Chapter 5
08/26
Clark Leonard Hull
Chapter 6
08/31
Examination 1
Chapters 1 – 6
09/02
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov
Chapter 7
09/07
Edwin Ray Guthrie
Chapter 8
09/09
William Kaye Estes
Chapter 9
09/14
Gestalt Theory
Chapter 10
09/16
Examination 2
Chapters 7 – 10
09/21
Jean Piaget
Chapter 11
09/23
Edward Chace Tolman
Chapter 12
09/28
Albert Bandura
Chapter 13
09/30
Donald Olding Hebb
Chapter 14
10/05
Robert C. Boles and Evolutionary Psychology
Chapter 15
10/07
Examination 3
Chapters 11 – 15
A WORD ON STUDYING
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The PowerPoint slides will be available to you
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http://www.rushmcqueen.com
No “study guides” will be distributed
 Recommendations for success in retaining
knowledge:
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Working and long-term memory (read well before
class and review prior to class, then for
examinations)
Definitions and terms
Making personally relevant
Attempt to make meaning out of the material rather
than memorizing it
Use and frame the knowledge in different modalities
(words, pictures, music, etc)
INFORMATION PROCESSING
A MODEL OF MEMORY
External Events
Sensory Input
Sensory Memory
Attention
Working (Short-term)
Memory
Retrieving
Encoding
Long-term Memory
Unconscious Processing
SO WHAT IS LEARNING?
How do you know when learning has occurred?
 What do you look for?
 What sorts of learning are there?
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A DEFINITION OF LEARNING
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Learning results in a change in observable
behavior.
The change in relatively permanent, but neither
transitory nor fixed.
The change may or may not be immediately
observed.
The change is a product of experience.
The change is a product of reinforcement.
BEHAVIOR
B.F. Skinner (Chapter 5) argues that behavior is
all that is necessary to study. Behavior is what is
of interest.
 Most others agree that behavior change is a
reflection that learning has taken place.
Observing behavior is necessary to understand
the underlying learning that has taken place.
 Can you think of behavior that cannot be
observed?
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COBA TEMAN-TEMAN BUAT SATU KALIMAT
KESIMPULAN MENGENAI “LEARNING”