ch. 5 - learning Flashcards

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learning

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the process that produces enduring changes in behavior/knowledge as a result of an experience

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conditioning

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learning associations between environment and behaviors

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Ivan Pavlov

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dog salivation experiments, studied classical conditioning

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reflex

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involuntary, automatic responses to external stimulus

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classical conditioning

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(pavlonian conditioning) behaviors elicited automatically by a stimulus, learning an association between 2 stimuli

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unconditioned stimulus

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(UCS) natural stimulus that reflexively produces a response without prior learning

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unconditioned response

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(UCR) an unlearned, reflexive response

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conditioned stimulus

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(CS) an originally neutral stimulus that elicits a reflexive response

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conditioned response

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(CR) a learned reflexive response from a previously neutral stimulus

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stimulus generalization

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stimuli that are similar (but have never been paired with the UCS) to the CS also elicit the CR

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stimulus discrimination

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CR is made to one stimulus but not to another similar stimulus

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higher-order conditioning

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CS functions as a UCS in a new conditioning trial

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extinction

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a decline in the CR when the CS is repeatedly presented without the UCS

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spontaneous recovery

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the reappearance of a previously extinguished CS after a period of rest

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John B. Watson

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thought that it was wrong to study subjective mental processes and should only study behavior (objective), founded behaviorism, later pioneered sex appeal in advertising

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behaviorism

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all human behavior is from conditioning/learning (from past experiences and environmental influence)

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3 natural unconditioned emotion-reflexes

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fear, rage, love

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Rosalie Rayner

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Watson student and assistant in the Little Albert experiments

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Little Albert

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develop a fear of furry animals in Little Albert by association with a loud clanging noise

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sexual turn-ons

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sexual responses can inadvertently become classically conditioned (like the smell of a partners cologne)

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placebo response

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a psychological/physiological reaction to a fake drug

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Robert Rescorles

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said that classical conditioning was more than a simple learned association between 2 stimuli, the conditioned stimulus must be a reliable signal that predicts the presence of the unconditioned response (tested rats and tones)

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taste aversion

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exception to general principles of classical conditioning, a classically conditioned dislike for food after becoming ill from the food, violates classical conditioning because learning occurs after 1 pairing and the UCR occurs hours after the presence of the neutral stimulus

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John Garcia

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produced taste aversions in rats in controlled lab conditions, discovered that rats are more likely to associate a painful stimulus with external stimuli and a taste stimulus with internal stimuli

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biological preparedness

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organisms are predisposed to associate certain stimuli with certain responses, an association not biologically prepared occurs with great difficulty, taste aversions are very biologically prepared

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phobia

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an extreme, irrational fear of a specific object/situation, Martin Seligman saw that phobias were selective (not all traumatic events become phobias), humans are more likely to fear ancient threats to their evolutionary ancestors (fear module)

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Edward L. Thorndike

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investigated animal learning of voluntary behaviors based on their consequences, tested that cats used trial and error to escape a puzzle box (not human reasoning)

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law of effect

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reponses that lead to satisfaction become strengthened while responses that lead to unpleasantries become weakened (less likely to occur again)

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B.F. Skinner

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behaviorist, searched for a lawful process to explain the order in behavior (classically conditioning is limited to reflexive behaviors)

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operant

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an active behavior that operates on the environment to generate a consequence

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operant conditioning

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changing the probability that a response will repeat by manipulating the consequences

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reinforcement

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a stimulus/event that occurs after the operant and increases the likelihood that the operant will repeat

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positive reinforcement

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a reinforcing stimulus is added after the operant (something is added), what constitutes a reinforcing stimulus differs from person to person

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negative reinforcement

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the operant if followed by the removal or avoidance of an aversive stimulus (something is subtracted)

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primary reinforcer

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is naturally reinforcing (food, water, warmth, sex, etc.)

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conditioned reinforcers (secondary reinforcers)

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acquired by association with a primary reinforcer (money, awards, etc.)

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punishment

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a behavior followed by an aversive consequence which decreases the likelihood that the operant will repeat

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positive punishment

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a response is followed by the addition of an aversive stimulus

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negative punishment

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a response is followed by the loss of a reinforcing stimulus

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alternatives to punishment

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reinforcing an alternate behavior, extinguishing the problem behavior, reinforcing the non-occurrence of the problem behavior, time-out from all positive reinforcement

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Premack principle

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a preferred activity can be used to reinforce a less preferred activity

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discriminative stimuli

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a specific stimulus that is more likely to reinforce a particular operant (eg phone ringing often leads to picking up the phone)

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operant chamber (Skinner box)

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a small cage with a food dispenser automatically records the number of operants performed by the experimental animal

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shaping

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reinforce successively closer approximations of behavior until the correct behavior is displayed

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continuous reinforcement

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the most efficient way to strengthen a response is to immediately reinforce every occurrence of the operant

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partial reinforcement

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responses are only reinforced sometimes (like in real life)

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extinction

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when a learned response is no longer reinforced, the likelihood of repetition gradually declines

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partial reinforcement effect

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partially reinforced behavior is more resistant to extinction than continuously reinforced behavior

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schedules of reinforcement

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specific preset arrangements of partial reinforcement result in different response rates

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fixed-ratio schedule

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reinforcement is presented after a fixed number of responses, produces increased response rates in burst-pause patterns

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variable-ratio schedule

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reinforcement is presented after an average number of responses but varies

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fixed-interval schedule

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reinforcement is presented after the 1st response in a preset time interval, responses increase as the time interval comes near

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variable-interval schedule

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reinforcement is presented after the 1st response in an average length time interval, moderate/steady rates of response

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behavioral modification

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the application of operant conditioning learning principles to help develop adaptive behaviors

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Edward C. Tolman

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believed that cognitive processes were important to learning complex behaviors (tested rats in mazes)

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cognitive map

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term by Tolman, a mental representation of a (mazes) layout built through experience, can be used to make an alternative route when the usual is blocked

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latent learning

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term by Tolman, learning is not immediately demonstrated in overt behavior, learning is the acquisition of knowledge not just changes in behavior

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Martin Seligman

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said that during cognitive conditioning, animals can develop a cognitive expectation that their behavior doesn’t affect their environment

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learned helplessness

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Seligman term, exposure to an inescapable aversive event will result in passive behavior, the 1st step to overcoming is to create a sense of control

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instinctive drift

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Brelandterm, natural behaviors interfere with operant behaviors, biologically predispositions to perform natural behaviors are strong enough to overcome a lack of reinforcement (reinforcement is not the sole determinant of behavior)

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observational learning

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most human learning, learning by observing others actions

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Albert Bandura

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pioneer of observational learning believed that the process used actively judgemental and constructive cognitive processes, tested groups of kids watching aggressive Bobo doll behavior