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Fall 2002 Syllabus
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| Schedule of Lecture Topics (subject to change) | ||||
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Reading assignments and other tips
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| 8/26 | Mon | Intro | ||
| 8/28 | Wed | Concepts | Exam 1 covers the lecture material, Chapter 1 and the beginning of Chapter 2 (to p 64). | |
| 8/30 | Fri | History | ||
| Lecture topics include introductory concepts,historical aspects of learning theory, habituation and sensitization, and an introduction to neurobiological concepts. | ||||
| 9/2 | Mon | Labor Day--No Class | ||
| 9/4 | Wed | History 2 | ||
| 9/6 | Fri | History/Habituation | Most of the information in the lectures is NOT in the book. Class attendance is strongly recommended. | |
| 9/9 | Mon | Habituation and Sensitization | (italics means information deviates significantly from what is available in the text---take good notes and ask questions.) | |
| 9/11 | Wed | Habituation-intro to Neurobiological analyses | ||
| 9/13 | Fri | EXAM 1 | ||
| 9/16 | Mon | Neurobiology of H+S | ||
| 9/18 | Wed | Neurobiol. of H&S/Intro to Pavlovian Cond. | Exam 2 covers the lecture material, the end of Chapter 2, Chapter 3. | |
| 9/20 | Fri | Pavlovian conditioning-control groups + common procedures | ||
| Lectures will cover the neurobiological analysis of Habituation, Pavlovian conditioning: language, control groups, categories of conditioning, conditioned inhibition, blocking and rules of association formation. | ||||
| 9/23 | Mon | Fear conditioning | ||
| 9/25 | Wed | Extinction and Conditioned Inhibition | ||
| 9/27 | Fri | Contingency & contiguity | ||
| 9/30 | Mon | Contingency and contiguity 2 | ||
| 10/2 | Wed | EXAM 2 | ||
| 10/4 | Fri | NO CLASS | Exam 3 covers the lecture material, and Chapter 4. | |
| A major focus will be a mathematical model of Pavlovian conditioning (Rescorla-Wagner model). We will go over practice homework problems and work others in class. If you're good in math, great. If you're not, don't panic! Bring a calculator to the exam if you wish. | ||||
| 10/7 | Mon | Rescorla-Wagner Model | ||
| 10/9 | Wed | NO CLASS/TBA | ||
| 10/11 | Fri | TBA-Rescorla-Wagner Model | ||
| 10/14 | Mon | Rescorla-Wagner Model | ||
| 10/16 | Wed | Conditioned Compensatory response | A second major focus will be on neurobiological approaches to the study of Pavlovian conditioning (not in the book!). | |
| 10/18 | Fri | Neurobiology of L+M | ||
| 10/21 | Mon | Neurobiology of L+M | The pace may vary from what is outlined. | |
| 10/23 | Wed | Neurobiology of L+M | ||
| 10/25 | Fri | EXAM 3 | ||
| Exam 4 covers the lecture material and Chapters 5, 6, 7 and part of chapter 10. | ||||
| 10/28 | Mon | Applications-Pavlovian | ||
| 10/30 | Wed | Instrumental Conditioning Intro | ||
| 11/1 | Fri | Schedules, motivation | Instrumental conditioning will be introduced and topics will include language, reinforcement, schedules of reinforcement and motivation. We will then examine how to eliminate unwanted behaviors and learning to avoid aversive events. Theoretical treatment of what is learned during an instrumental conditioning procedure, including "superstition" and "helplessness" | |
| 11/4 | Mon | TBA-Applications | ||
| 11/6 | Wed | TBA-Applications? | ||
| 11/8 | Fri | Punishment | ||
| 11/11 | Mon | Veteran's Day-NO CLASS | ||
| 11/13 | Wed | Extinction | This section is packed with information and covers a diverse range of topics and keep up. | |
| 11/15 | Fri | Escape/Avoidance learning | ||
| 11/18 | Mon | EXAM 4 | ||
| 11/20 | Wed | What is Learned? | Exam 5 covers the lecture material and Chapters 8, 9, 11, 12. It is not cumulative. | |
| 11/22 | Fri | Neuroethology | ||
| The focus of this section is learning of complex tasks and learning in the natural environments. This will be contrasted with the general process view of learning. We will use examples of imprinting, song learning, stupid pet tricks and infantile amnesia. A cognitive view of learning will be introduced and we will discuss: information processing, complex tasks, cognitive maps, concept learning and neural network models. There is a lot of material on selected topics presented in the book. As always, class attendance is strongly encouraged | ||||
| 11/25 | Mon | Neuroethology 2 | ||
| 11/27 | Wed | Early experience | ||
| 11/29 | Fri | Thanksgiving-NO CLASS | ||
| 12/2 | Mon | Information processing | ||
| 12/4 | Wed | Spatial learning | ||
| 12/6 | Fri | Integrating across experiences | ||
| 12/13 | Fri | FINAL EXAM 7:30-9:30 AM | ||