Slides for Chapter 9

Chapter Nine / Biological Constraints on Learning / Contiguity

A Taste Aversion Situation / Explanations / Tentative Conclusion...

Equipotentiality Premise / Preparedness in Taste-Aversion / Explanation

Seligman's (1970) Terminology / Species-Specific Defense Reactions (SSDRs) / SSDRs

Preparedness in Positive Reinforcement and Punishment / Preparedness in Positive Reinforcement and Punishment / Preparedness in Non-Verbal Expression

Facial Expressions / Instinctive Drift / Sign Tracking

Sign Tracking / Sign Tracking / Sign Tracking

Autoshaping / Autoshaping as Classical Conditioning? / Behaviour-Systems Analysis of Autoshaping

Can the Skinnerian General-Principle Approach to Learning be Saved? / Delayed Learning of Taste Aversion / Preparedness in Taste Aversion

Autoshaping and Instinctive Drift / Adaptionist Approach to Learning


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