- describe Thorndike's law of effect;
- describe a conditioned stimulus and response;
- distinguish between examples of positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement;
Week at a glancePlease listen to this presentation
ReadPlease read:
[Ormrod, J. E. (2007) Chapter 3. Behaviorism and Classical Conditioning (p.32-47)]
Required ActivitiesPlease review this presentation:
Behaviorism and Classical Conditioning (~12.5 minutes, 8MB) 
(rt click -download)
Summary (Due Sept 4 10:00PM EST) - review the assignment description and rubric in the menu to the left.
Google scholar is a great resource that Google has made available to the general public. You can go to http://scholar.google.com to find the title of a relevant article. Then to find the article itself you probably need to use our library. You'll also find a link in the course menu to the library's "Journal finder" database. This allows you to search and find the specific article you need. You'll need your library username and password to login into Journal finder.
Supplementary Activities (optional)
Thorndike's puzzle box - here's a short video about a dissertation that changed what it meant to "learn"
Quiz bank questions - I was told there is a quiz bank for Dr Ormrod's textbook. Here are the questions that I found. You may want to review these as they will help you study for quiz 1 which is next week.
