Introduction to psychology/Psy102/Tutorials/Consciousness and learning

Consciousness and learning

Resource type: this resource contains a tutorial or tutorial notes.

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See also Consciousness and learning (Moodle)

Outline of activities and discussion topics

Consciousness

1. What is consciousness?
2. What types and levels of consciousness are there?
3. What is the effect of fatigue?
4. What are the characteristics of the most common sleep disorders?

Learning

1. Classical conditioning
2. Operant conditioning
3. Social learning:
   1. Watch this video about Albert Bandura's classic Bandura Bobo Doll Experiments in the 1960s (5 mins)

Consciousness

What is consciousness?

• Consider types, levels, and models

Sleep and fatigue

See also

Sleeping disorders

• Insomnia (Wikipedia)
• Narcolepsy (Wikipedia)
• Sleep apnea (Wikipedia)
• Sleepwalking (Wikipedia)
• Night terror (Wikipedia)

Learning

• Classical conditioning (Wikipedia)
• Operant conditioning (Wikipedia)
  • Walden two (Wikipedia)
• Social learning (Wikipedia)
  • Bobo doll experiment (Wikipedia)

External links

• Tutorial worksheet (Handout)