Associative learning Flashcards
Classical conditioning case study
Pavlovs dogs
In classical conditioning, what type of stimulus + response because what type of stimulus + response
Unconditioned stimulus + response = Conditioned
In operant conditioning, what occurs
example
What you do + consequences of behaviour leads to a stimulus
child smiles accidently = dad picks up child
child keeps smiling = dad keeps picking up child
Acquisition meaning
Learning of associations
Extinction meaning
Learning a new association
Latent inhbition involves what
Past learning experiences changes acquisition of new associations
Concept of prepardness involves what
Some learning associations are biologically advantaged
Generalisation + Discrimination are associated with what type of order conditioning
Second order conditioning
Genearlisation definition
Similar conditions surrounding previous condition can be associated
associating getting into a car with chemotherapy = vomit
Discrimination definition
Ability to allow exceptions in associations
Scared of all dogs except this one dog
A primary reward in operant conditioning (3) (unconditioned)
Food
Sleep
Sex
A secondary reward in operant conditioning (conditioned)
money
Can be used to buy primary rewards
Negative reinforcement example
Doing a behaviour to avoid adverse effect
Doing the dishes to avoid mum nagging
Positive reinforcement example
Praise attention for playing instead of clinging onto teacher for a child with social anxiety
Shaping involves what
Reducing behaviour to what you want them to exhibit
Chaining involves what
Sequence of events that lead to an objective and reinforcing behaviours to form that complex objective
(tying shoe laces)
Backward chaining
Starting from the end and working towards the start of the objective
Forward chaining
Starting from the start and working through the series of steps
