chapter 5 Flashcards
Learning
- A relatively permanent change
- In organism’s behavior that occurs
- as a result of experiences in the environment
Classical conditioning
•what was the famous research project
•3 stages
•Pavlov’s dogs
- Preconditioning
- Conditioning
- Post conditioning
Preconditioning
•definition
•2 variables
•before learning
•dogs will salivate if food is near
1. UCS -> UCR
2. NS -> NE
UCS
•what does it stand for
•definition
•example
- Unconditioned stimulus
- the cause
- math class
UCR
•what does it stand for
•definition
•example
- Unconditioned response
- An involuntary or previously learned response (this IS the response)
- Anxiety that you feel
NS
•what does it stand for
•definition
•example
- Neutral stimulus
- Meaningless
- New notebook
NE
•what does it stand for
•definition
- No effect
* no response
Conditioning
•definition
•formula
•example
•Learning is happening
• UCS + NS -> UCR
(The UCS and NS happened close in time)
•Math class + new notebook together cause anxiety
Post conditioning
•definition
•formula
•2 variables
•Now learned
•CS-> CR
1. Conditioned stimulus
2. Conditioned response
CS
•what does it stand for
•What is it in place of
•example
- conditioned stimulus
- NS
- Notebook now has a meaning
CR
•what does it stand for
•definition
•example
- Conditioned response
- Same as UCR but has a different cause
- Anxiety is caused by notebook
Operant conditioning
- what is it
- famous experiment
- 3 steps
- A response is met with reinforcement or punishment
- Thorndike’s Law of Effect
1. Stimulus is presented in environment
2. Organism chooses response
3. Environment either reinforces or punishes that response
Thorndike’s Law of effect
- Good outcome -> repeated behavior
- Bad outcome -> fewer behaviors
OC reinforcement
-definition
-Increases likelihood of performing/repeating behavior
OC reinforcement
- positive rein.
- Negative rein.
- Addition, give you something you want
- Subtraction, take away something you don’t want
