CH 7 Learning (QUESTIONS) Flashcards

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What did Pavlov study? (6)

A

The digestive processes of dogs and observed ‘psychic reflexes’

Wanted to know how much animals salivate depending on the food quality he gave them

Conducted a surgical procedure where he would attach tubes to the salvation glands to dogs to measure

Pavlov notices a problem: dogs start to salivate without any food in mouth, but when Pavlov entered the room (which they didn’t initially do)

Pavlov’s study takes a turn: focused on studying this: noticed “psychic reflexes”

Dog starts salivating because they are predicting that they will be fed

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2
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What are 2 other terms for classical conditioning?

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Pavlovian or Respondent conditioning

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3
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What type of learning occurs in classical conditioning?

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Stimulus-stimulus learning (associating two stimuli together)

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4
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How does classical conditioning make responses more effective?

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It provides an advance warning, so responses can happen faster and more efficiently

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5
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How can an unimportant stimulus gain meaning?

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Through conditioning, it takes on symbolic value by predicting something significant

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6
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What is classical conditioning based on?

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Reflexes (fixed action patterns/ unconditioned stimulus)

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What happens when the NS is paired with the UCS multiple times?

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The NS starts triggering the same response as the UCS

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8
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Example of UCS and UCR?

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Food (UCS) → Salivation (UCR)

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Example of NS being paired with UCS?

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Bell (NS) + Food (UCS) → Salivation (UCR)

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What happens to the neutral stimulus (NS) after repeated pairing with the UCS?

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It becomes a conditioned stimulus (CS)

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Example of CS and CR?

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Bell (CS) → Salivation (CR)

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12
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What is an example of forward, delayed conditioning?

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Bell (CS) rings → Food (UCS) appears → Salivation (CR)

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13
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Why is forward, delayed conditioning the most efficient form of conditioning?

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The CS predicts the UCS, making learning stronger and faster

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14
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When does conditioning occur?

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When the CR appears before the unconditioned stimulus UCS starts

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15
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Example of generalization

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Yellow light (NS) → Air puff (US) → Eye blink (UR)

Presenting an orange light will generate the same response as the UR (eye blink, becomes generalized response)

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16
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What is the generalization gradient in classical conditioning?

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Stimuli closer to the CS produces a higher probability of a CR

17
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What does the phenomenon of generalization and discrimination suggest?

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Suggests that conditioning can be context dependent (can adapt based off context)

18
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What is the evolutionary purpose for discrimination?

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Helps organisms identify subtle differences in the environment and react appropriately

19
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Classical conditioning can occur faster when there is a(n) ______ _______

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Emotional Component

20
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What are 2 examples of a conditioned emotional response in humans?

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Fetishes and Phobias

21
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Who was Little Albert and what experiment did John B. Watson do to him? What did this experiment show about Conditioned Emotional Responses?

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  • Little Albert was a baby who was conditioned by Watson to fear white rats by pairing the rat (CS) with a loud noise (UCS), causing a fear response (CR)
  • Little Albert developed a conditioned fear (CR) to the white rat (CS) and showed generalization to other similar stimuli, like a rabbit and a fur coat
22
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Example of the generalization of conditioned fear responses

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PTSD in war veterans: UCS can generalize to other UCS which can easily take over people’s lives

ex. Hearing fireworks can trigger a conditioned response to hearing bombs

23
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Example of the law of effect?

A

Thorndike’s puzzle box

24
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What is the 3-term contingency in operant conditioning?

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  1. Discriminative stimulus (SD): Sets the occasion for a response.
  2. Operant behaviour (R): The response made by the organism.
  3. Consequence (C): The result or outcome that follows the behaviour, influencing future responses.
25
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How do consequences affect behaviour in operant conditioning?

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Consequences of Stimulus-Response (S-R) relationships determine whether a behaviour will increase or decrease

26
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What is the role of appetitive stimuli in operant conditioning?

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Appetitive stimuli (positive) can be presented or removed to increase or reinforce behaviour

27
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What is the role of aversive stimuli in operant conditioning?

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Aversive stimuli (negative) can be presented or removed to decrease or punish behaviour

28
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Describe diagram of operant conditioning

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Operant conditioning:

  1. Reinforcement
  2. Punishment
  1. Reinforcement
    - Positive (appetitive stimulus +) =Behaviour increases
    - Negative (aversive stimulus -) = Behaviour increases
  1. Punishment
    - Positive (aversive stimulus +) = Behaviour decreases
    - Negative (appetitive stimulus -) = Behaviour decreases
29
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What happens during extinction in terms of responding?

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During extinction, there is often a brief surge of increased responding before the behaviour decreases

30
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How do generalization and discrimination occur in relation to the discriminative stimulus?

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Generalization and discrimination occur with respect to the discriminative stimulus