How to Train a Brain: Crash Course Psychology #11

2014-04-21

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I'm sure you've heard of Pavlov's Bell, but what was Ivan Pavlov up to, exactly? And how are our brains trained? And what is a "Skinner Box"? All those questions and more are answered in today's Crash Course Psychology, in which Hank talks about some of the aspects of learning.

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Chapters:

Introduction: Ivan Pavlov 00:00

Associative Learning 1:33

Classical Conditioning 2:47

Behaviorist Theory 4:22

Watson's Experiments 4:46

Operant Conditioning 5:42

Positive & Negative Reinforcement 7:18

Primary Reinforcers & Conditioned Reinforcers 8:54

Reinforcement Scheduling 9:32

Review & Credits 11:00

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