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1
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Learning

A

A change in behaviour due to experience

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What do we need to learn about?

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  • events that are or are not important for survival
  • which stimuli predict important events
  • if our responses produce positive or negative consequences
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Habituation

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The most basic form of learning, it is a reduction in response to a repeated stimulus

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Classical conditioning

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Associating one stimulus with another stimulus (e.g. smell associated with eating)

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Unconditional stimulus (US)

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A biologically significant stimulus that elicits a reflexive (unlearned) response (e.g. food, shock)

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Unconditioned response (UR)

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A reflexive (unlearned) response elicited by a stimulus

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Conditioned stimulus (CS)

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A previously neutral stimulus that after pairing with a US, elicits a conditional response (e.g. tone, light)

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Conditioned response (CR)

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A response elicited by the CS

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Pavlov experiment

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Dogs salivate when a CS of a bell is rung without the presence of the US

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Hebb experiment

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Related transmission of impulses between two neurons strengthens the link between them

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Contiguity

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Do events occur at the same time in the same place?

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Delayed conditioning

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Where CS is played first, then US

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Trace conditioning

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Delayed conditioning with a gap in between CS and US

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Simultaneous conditioning

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CS and US at the same time

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Backwards conditioning

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US first and then CS

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Order of most to least effective types of conditioning

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Delayed
Trace
Simultaneous
Backward conditioning

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Acquisition

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Depends on the strength of the CS. Stronger CS provides faster learning. Larger US provides faster and more learning than small US

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Extinction

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Presentation of CS alone (no US) results in weakening of CR

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Spontaneous recovery

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When CR reappears after extinction and rest

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Stimulus generalisation

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Stimuli that are similar to the CS elicit a CR

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Stimulus discrimination

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Where we react differently to similar stimuli

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High order conditioning

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A stimulus that has been established as a CS (CS1) is paired with a neutral stimulus. After this pairing, this neutral stimulus (CS2) now elicits the CR.

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Types of Conditioning techniques

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Taste aversion

Eye blink conditioning

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Applications of conditioning

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  • exposure therapy
  • advertising
  • anticipatory nausea and vomiting
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Operant conditioning

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Learning with consequences

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Law of effect

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Behaviours that lead to satisfying consequences are more likely to be repeated

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Positive reinforcement

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Something is added in order to increase the chance of the behaviour being repeated

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Negative reinforcement

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Something is taken away in order to increase the chance of the behaviour being repeated

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Positive punishment

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Something is added in order to decrease the chance of the behaviour being repeated

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Negative punishment

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Something is taken away in order to decrease the chance of the behaviour happening again

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Escape conditioning

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Response terminates an averse stimulus

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Avoidance conditioning

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Response made to avoid the averse stimulus

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Shaping

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Reinforcing approximations of the desired behaviours

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Token economies

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Tokens reward good behaviour. They can be exchanged for goods. Secondary reinforcement

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Cumulative record

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Used to monitor responses over time

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Fixed Ratio schedule

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Reinforcement after a fixed number of responses. Produces a high rate of output

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Variable ratio schedule

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Reinforcement after a variable number of responses. Produces fast steady responding

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Fixed interval schedule

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Response Is reinforced after a fixed time interval. Produces slow responding

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Variable interval schedule

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Reinforcement after a variable time interval. Produces slow steady responding

40
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Which schedule makes behaviour more resistant to extinction?

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Variable

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