2. Chapters 1 & 2 Definition of Learning Change in behaviour due to experience Behaviour & Evolution Types of selection: natural, artificial, sexual Selection works on physical features as well as behaviours Limits to selection Evolved modifiabililty Evolution of learning

3. Chapters 1 & 2 Innate behaviours Reflexes Fixed Action Patterns General Behaviour Traits Simple types of learning Sensitization Habituation

4. Chapters 1 & 2 The science of studying learning Operational definitions Ways to measure learning Ways to study learning Anecdotal, naturalistic, case studies, descriptive, experimental Experimental studies Types of variables Different designs Evaluating Research Validity, Reliability, Biases, Blind-procedures

5. Chapter 3 Brief history Terminology & Basic procedures Ways to measure conditioning Intensity, probes, suppression S-S association Higher-order conditioning

6. Chapter 3 Types Delay, Trace, Simultaneous, Backwards, Inhibitory Factors affecting conditioning How it all works… Acquisition curves Extinction, spontaneous recovery, re-acquisition Theories Stimulus Substitution, Preparatory Response

7. Chapter 4 Conditional Emotional Response Fear, Prejudice Little Albert & Peter Counter-conditioning, systematic desensitization Advertising Paraphilia Aversion therapy Taste aversion Immune Function

8. Chapter 5 & 6 Differences between operant & classical Brief history (Thorndike, Skinner) Law of Effect Discrete vs Free operant Contingencies Shaping, Chaining & Secondary reinforcers Factors affecting reinforcement & punishment

9. Chapters 5 & 6 Theories Drive Reduction theory, Relative Value theory (Premack Principle), Response Deprivation theory Escape, Avoidance & Punishment Two-process, One-process Learned Helplessness Alternatives to punishment Differential reinforcement, non-contingent reinforcement

10. Chapters 5 & 6 Latent Learning Importance of reinforcement/punishment in learning