C6: Learning Flashcards
Non-associative Learning
Learning about a stimulus such as a sight or sound in external world
Habituation
our behavioral response to a stimulus decreases. ex: ignoring the train driving by your house
Sensitization
when our behavioral response to a stimulus increases. (fear)
Associative Learning
learning the relationship between two pieces of information
Classical conditioning
we learn that a stimulus predicts another stimulus ex: not being afraid of bees until after a bee sting, the sight of a bee predicts the pain of a bee sting
Operant Conditioning
we learn that a behavior leads to a certain outcome ex: understanding the consequences of our behaviors, touching a hot stove
Observational Learning
learning by watching others behaviors
Vicarious Learning
Learning from watching others be rewarded or punished for performing the action
Instructed Learning
Verbal instructions
Social Learning/ Modeling
Reproducing the behavior of models, - morelikelytoimitatetheactionsofmodelswhoareattractive,havehighstatus,andaresomewhatsimilartoourselves
Acquisition
gradual formation of an association between the conditioned and unconditioned stimuli
Extinction
weakening of conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is repeated without unconditional stimulus
Spontaneous recovery
a re-emergence of the extinguished conditioned response
Counterconditioning
A reduction of a phobia by pairing the feared condition with by pairing a feared stimulus with a favored stimulus
Throndike’s “Law of Effects”
the behavior of an organism is controlled by the effects or consequences it produces
Operant (Instrumental) Conditioning
learning process by which the consequences of an animal’s action will determine the likelihood that the action will be performed again
