Page 4: Classical Conditioning (Continued)

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Highlight: Classical conditioning is a fundamental concept in behavioral psychology and is essential for success in AP Psychology exams.

Example: Real-world applications of classical conditioning include advertising techniques, phobia treatments, and even some aspects of drug addiction.

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Page 1: Types of Learning and Key Researchers

This page introduces several important types of learning studied in AP psychology unit 4: learning.

Insight Learning Wolfgang Köhler studied insight learning, which involves suddenly realizing how to solve a problem.

Example: Chimpanzees stacking boxes to reach a hanging banana demonstrates insight learning.

Latent Learning Edward Tolman researched latent learning, where learning occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it.

Vocabulary: Cognitive maps are mental representations of the layout of one's environment.

Example: In Tolman's experiments, rats appeared to form cognitive maps of mazes they explored.

Social Learning Albert Bandura studied observational learning, also called modeling.

Definition: Social learning occurs by observing and imitating members of the same species.

Mirror Neurons Mirror neurons fire both when performing certain actions and when observing others perform those actions.

Highlight: Mirror neurons may enable imitation, language learning, and empathy in humans.

The page also includes a graph showing the acquisition and extinction of conditioned responses over time in classical conditioning, a key concept in AP psychology conditioning researchers and theories.