1. Psychology in Everyday Life
David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall
Psychology in Everyday Life
Third Edition
Chapter 6
Learning
Copyright © 2014 by Worth Publishers

2. Figure 6. 1 Classical conditioning David G. Myers and C
Figure 6.1 Classical conditioning David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall: Psychology in Everyday Life, Third Edition Copyright © 2014 by Worth Publishers

3. Figure 6. 2 Operant conditioning David G. Myers and C
Figure 6.2 Operant conditioning David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall: Psychology in Everyday Life, Third Edition Copyright © 2014 by Worth Publishers

4. Pavlov presented a neutral stimulus (a tone) just before an unconditioned stimulus (food in mouth). The neutral stimulus then became a conditioned stimulus, producing a conditioned response.
Figure 6.3 Pavlov’s classic experiment David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall: Psychology in Everyday Life, Third Edition Copyright © 2014 by Worth Publishers

5. Psychologist Michael Tirrell (1990) recalled: “My first girlfriend loved onions, so I came to associate onion breath with kissing. Before long, onion breath sent tingles up and down my spine. Oh what a feeling!”
Figure 6.4 An unexpected CS David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall: Psychology in Everyday Life, Third Edition Copyright © 2014 by Worth Publishers

6. The rising curve (simplified here) shows that the CR rapidly grows stronger as the NS becomes a CS as it is repeatedly paired with the US (acquisition). The CS weakens when it is presented alone (extinction). After a pause, the CR reappears (spontaneous recovery).
Figure 6.5 Acquisition, extinction, and spontaneous recovery David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall: Psychology in Everyday Life, Third Edition Copyright © 2014 by Worth Publishers

7. Thorndike used a fish reward to entice cats to find their way out of a puzzle box through a series of maneuvers. The cats’ performance tended to improve with successive trials, illustrating Thorndike’s law of effect. (Adapted from Thorndike, 1898.)
Figure 6.6 Cat in a puzzle box David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall: Psychology in Everyday Life, Third Edition Copyright © 2014 by Worth Publishers

8. Inside the box, the rat presses a bar or button for a food reward
Inside the box, the rat presses a bar or button for a food reward. Outside, measuring devices (not shown here) keep records of the animal’s responses.
Figure 6.7 A Skinner box David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall: Psychology in Everyday Life, Third Edition Copyright © 2014 by Worth Publishers

9. Table 6. 1 Ways to Increase Behavior David G. Myers and C
Table 6.1 Ways to Increase Behavior David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall: Psychology in Everyday Life, Third Edition Copyright © 2014 by Worth Publishers

10. Table 6. 2 Schedules of Partial Reinforcement David G. Myers and C
Table 6.2 Schedules of Partial Reinforcement David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall: Psychology in Everyday Life, Third Edition Copyright © 2014 by Worth Publishers

11. Table 6. 3 Ways to Decrease Behavior David G. Myers and C
Table 6.3 Ways to Decrease Behavior David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall: Psychology in Everyday Life, Third Edition Copyright © 2014 by Worth Publishers

12. Table 6. 4 Comparison of Classical and Operant Conditioning David G
Table 6.4 Comparison of Classical and Operant Conditioning David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall: Psychology in Everyday Life, Third Edition Copyright © 2014 by Worth Publishers

13. Courtesy of Kathryn Brownson, Hope College
In a series of experiments that controlled for other factors (such as the brightness of the image), men found women more attractive and sexually desirable when framed in red (Elliot & Niesta, 2008).
Figure 6.8 Romantic red David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall: Psychology in Everyday Life, Third Edition Copyright © 2014 by Worth Publishers

14. Table 6. 5 Biological and Cognitive Influences on Conditioning David G
Table 6.5 Biological and Cognitive Influences on Conditioning David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall: Psychology in Everyday Life, Third Edition Copyright © 2014 by Worth Publishers

15. Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience / Science Source
Brain activity related to actual pain (left) is mirrored in the brain of an observing loved one (right). Empathy in the brain shows up in areas that process emotions, but not in the areas that register physical pain.
Figure Experienced and imagined pain in the brain David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall: Psychology in Everyday Life, Third Edition Copyright © 2014 by Worth Publishers

16. Stanislav Solntsev /Digital Vision / Getty Images
Researchers studied more than 400 third- to fifth-graders. After controlling for existing differences in hostility and aggression, the researchers reported increased aggression in those heavily exposed to violent TV, videos, and video games (Gentile et al., 2004).
Figure Heavy exposure to media violence predicts future aggressive behavior David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall: Psychology in Everyday Life, Third Edition Copyright © 2014 by Worth Publishers