CHAPTER 2.1

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Two important learning theories are

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behaviorism and social learning theory.

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The learning perspective maintains that development results from learning, a long-lasting change in behavior based on experiences or adaptation to the environment.

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PERSPECTIVE 2: LEARNING

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is a mechanistic theory that describes observed behavior as a predictable response to experience.

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Behaviorism

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Behaviorists consider development as ______ ___ _____.

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REACTIVE AND CONTINUES

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Behavioral research focuses on

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associative learning

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Two kinds of associative learning

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1. classical conditioning and
2. operant conditioning

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is a learning procedure that happens through the relationship between an environmental A stimulus and a normally happening stimulus

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Classical conditioning

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He was was keen on contemplating how processing functions in animals.

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Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936)

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is a type of unconscious or automatic learning. This learning process creates a conditioned response through associations between an unconditioned stimulus and a neutral stimulus.

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Classical conditioning

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It assumes that all learning occurs through interactions with the environment, and that environment shapes behavior.

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Behaviorism

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Classical conditioning-also sometimes referred to as_______ -uses a few different terms to help explain the learning process.

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Pavlovian conditioning

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is a stimulus or trigger that leads to an automatic response. If a cold breeze makes you shiver, for instance, the cold breeze is an unconditioned stimulus; it produces an involuntary response (the shivering).

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unconditioned stimulus

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stimulus is a stimulus that doesn’t initially trigger a response on its own.

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neutral stimulus

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is a stimulus that was once neutral (didn’t trigger a response) but now leads to a response. If you previously didn’t pay attention to dogs, but then got bit by one, and now you feel fear every time you see a dog, the dog has become a conditioned stimulus.

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conditioned stimulus

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is an automatic response or a response that occurs without thought when an unconditioned stimulus is present. If you smell your favorite food and your mouth starts watering, the watering is an unconditioned response.

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unconditioned response

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is a learned response or a response that is created where no response existed before.

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conditioned response

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refers to learned behaviors that occur when a neutral stimulus is associated with a learned response.

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Classical conditioning

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Principles of Classical conditioning

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• Acquisition
• Extinction
• Spontaneous Recovery
• Stimulus Generalization
• Discrimination

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Principles of Classical conditioning: _____ is the initial stage of learning, when a response is first established and gradually strengthened.

During this phase of classical conditioning, a neutral stimulus is repeatedly paired with an unconditioned stimulus

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Acquisition

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Principles of Classical conditioning: ______is when the occurrences of a conditioned response decrease or disappear.
In classical conditioning, this happens when a conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with an unconditioned stimulus.

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Extinction

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Principles of Classical conditioning: Sometimes a learned response can suddenly reemerge, even after a
period of extinction. This is called a?

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Spontaneous Recovery

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Principles of Classical conditioning: Stimulus ___________ is the tendency for a conditioned stimulus to evoke similar responses after the response has been conditioned

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Generalization

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Principles of Classical conditioning: ____is the ability to differentiate between a conditioned stimulus and other stimuli that have not been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.

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Discrimination

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Example of Classical Conditioning

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Fear Response

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His experiment with little Albert is an example of the fear response.
The child initially showed no fear of a white rat, but after the rat was paired repeatedly with loud, scary sounds, the child began to cry when the rat was present.
Prior to the conditioning, the white rat was a neutral stimulus. The unconditioned stimulus was the loud, clanging sound, and the unconditioned response was the fear response created by the noise.

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John B. Watson’s

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who originally developed the “Law of Effect” in 1898

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Edward Thorndike

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the concept that a behavior is more likely to be repeated if it’s associated with a sense of A satisfaction.

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Law of Effect by Edward Thorndike

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He expanded upon Thorndike’s theory. He coined the term “operant conditioning” and wrote about it in his book “Schedules of Reinforcement,” which he co- authored with psychologist Charles B. Ferster.

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behaviorist Burrhus Frederic Skinner (B.F. Skinner)

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is based on a stimuli and response model,

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Classical conditioning

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involves a behavior and consequence.

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operant conditioning

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______also known as instrumental conditioning or Skinnerian conditioning, is a learning theory in behavioral psychology. It can be used to increase or decrease the frequency of A certain behaviors through the introduction of consequences.

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Operant conditioning

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principle of operant conditioning can be used to _____

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shaped behavior

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Angel lies in his crib. When he starts to babble (“ma-ma-ma”), his mother smiles and repeats the syllables. Angel leans that his behavior (babbling) can produce a desirable consequence (loving attention from a parent); and so, he keeps babbling to attract his mother’s attention.
An originally accidental behavior (babbling) has become a conditioned response.

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Operant Conditioning

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Operant conditioning explains how people and animals develop learned responses through the repetition of reinforcements and punishments

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OPERANT CONDITIONING

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What reinforcement when something pleasant or rewarding is given after a specific behavior.

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Positive reinforcement

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What reinforcement when an attempt to Increase a specific behavior by removing something that is negative when the

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Negative reinforcement

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applying something aversive after a specific behavior to decrease the frequency of that behavior.

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Punishment-