What makes a conditioned association form and hold

What this note covers

1. Acquisition is learning; performance is its expression
2. Contiguity concerns closeness in time and space
3. Contingency concerns predictive information
4. Contiguity and contingency answer different questions
5. Design an acquisition investigation
6. Interpret acquisition data without confusing cause and display
7. Calculating and interpreting contingency
8. Explaining acquisition when performance varies

8 sections · 10 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes