Associative Learning

Question 1

What’s classical conditioning?

Answer 1

Associating a neutral stimulus to an involuntary response
For example: Ringing a bell when dog is given food

Question 2

What are the types of stimulus and their responses?

Answer 2

Unconditioned: Provokes an innate, instinctual response, without effort
Neutral: Causes no response related to the unconditioned pair
Conditioned: former neutral stimuli when associated with unconditioned stimuli triggers a conditioned response

Question 3

What’s acquisition stage?

Answer 3

A response to a conditioned stimulus for instance listening to a song which was played when something bad happened

Question 4

What’s generalization?

Answer 4

A response to a conditioned stimulus when something similar is played

Question 5

What’s extinction?

Answer 5

When the established connection between the unconditioned and conditioned stimulus fades. For example) Listening to a song but nothing bad happens

Question 6

Spontaneous recovery?

Answer 6

Occurs after a relationship between conditioned stimuli and response is over

Question 7

What’s positive and negative reinforcement?

Answer 7

Positive (adding something) while negative (removing something)

Question 8

What are the four types of reinforcement schedule?

Answer 8

Fixed ratio
Fixed interval
Variable ratio
Variable interval

Question 9

What’s latent learning?

Answer 9

When learning is done in order to get a reward in the end