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
