Ways to measure behavior
Errors Intensity Speed Latency Rate Fluency
Parsimony
Simplest answer is often the best
Errors
More errors means less learning and vice versa
Intensity
Physical effort with which a behavior is performed
Deliberate changes in intensity are considered strong indicators of learning
Speed
how fast it takes a learner to perform a behavior
the faster the better
Latency
how long it takes to start a behavior
shorter latency means better learning
Rate
number of behaviors occurs in a set period of time
more than baseline means better
Fluency
combo of errors and rate
anecdote
first/second hand account of personal experience
Advantages: science stays in popular wisdom
Disadvantage: unrealiable, subjective biased, not generalizable
Case Studies
examination of a particular individual in great depth
Descriptive Studies
surveys, questionnaires, and interviews
Experiments
data collection method one or more variables measured
Between-subjects experiment
one individual only participates in one of the conditions of experiment
Matched Sampling
background info and split by having experiments in other groups
Within Subjects
have participants in both groups
Single Stimulus Learning
When exposed to stimulus, you learn
if keeps happening, behavior will continue to change
Habituation
decrease in the vigor or intensity of a behavior
Sensization
an increase in responsively of a behavior
Inter stimulus interval
amt of time between exposure of stimulate with habituation
less time the quicker the habituation
Dishabituation
Adding a second stimuli will increase attention
Conditioned Stimulus
Neutral
Conditioned Response
after Unconditioned Stimulus is removed
4 Ways of Classical Conditioning
Trace, Delayed, Simultaneous, Backward
Trace
CS+US
