Associative learning Flashcards
Give 3 example of classical conditioning
> Pavlov’s prototype
Contiguity & contingency
Previous learnt experience
What are the 2 types of conditioning?
> Classical
>Operant
Describe classical conditioning
Event 1 >Stimulus
Event 2 > Reward properties
Reinforced> association learnt> response stronger & faster
More sensitive to environment
Describe operant conditioning
Event 1> Action
Event 2> Stimulus
How to operate environment
Describe pavlovs dogs
(CS: Conditioned stimulus)
(UCS: Unconditioned stimulus)
(UCR: Unconditioned response)
1 UCS----> UCR (Food) (Saliva) CS (Bell)----> Nothing
2
CS——->UCS—–>UCR
3
CS———————>CR
Acquisition> repsonse learnt for stimuli
Issues with Pavlovs dogs
> Temporary contiguity
>Contingency
What is temporary contiguity
> CS & UCS must be close
What is contingency
> Cognitive view to link relationship between to stimuli
What is spontaneous recovery?
> Extinction not unlearning
Learning new association
Stimuli returned> acquisition rate acquired faster
What is Latent inhibition
> past learning experience changes> acquisition of new associations
Learn something slower/ faster
Recover faster
Give example of 2 concepts of biological preparedness
> Phobias
>Taste aversion
How does taste aversion biologically prepare us?
> Bad experience
Unconsciously nausea’s
Don’t touch food again
Selective conditioning
What concept has taste aversion overcome?
> Temporary contiguity
Describe the Garcia & Koelling experiment 1966
Water >Flavoured, light, clicking Conditioning >X-rays, lithium, shock Outcome >Sickness, avoid flavoured H2O pain >Pain avoid bright noisy H2O
Effetcs of chemotherapy with learnt responses
> 20%-40% Anticipatory nausea/ vomiting
>Hospital/ dentist visits
Issues with biological constraints
> Second order conditioning
Generalisation
Discrimination
What is second order conditioning
> New CS successively paired with old CS
>New CS able to elicit CR
What is generalisation?
> Greater similarity of new CS
>More likely to elicit CR