Chapter 5 (APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING LEARNING) Flashcards
Learning
The process of acquiring
knowledge or skills resulting
from experience; there are many
approaches
Behaviourist Approach
An approach to learning that
states that behaviours are
learned through interactions with the environment
Conditioning
The learning process by which
the behaviour of an organism
becomes dependent on an event
occurring in its environment
Stimulus
An environmental event that
triggers a response in an organism
Response
A behavioural reaction to a
stimulus
Classical Conditioning
A simple form of learning
that occurs through repeated
associations between two stimuli to produce a conditioned
response
Before Conditioning
the first stage of classical
conditioning; at this stage no learning has occurred
Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)
A stimulus that consistently
produces a naturally occurring,
automatic response
Unconditioned Response
a response that occurs
automatically/ involuntarily when the unconditioned
stimulus is presented
Neutral Stimulus (NS)
A stimulus (prior to conditioning) that doesn’t produce a response
During Conditioning
The second stage of classical
conditioning, in which learning
occurs through association
Acquisition
The process during which an
organism learns to associate two events (the neutral stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus)
After Conditioning
The final stage of classical conditioning
Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
A stimulus that was previously neutral but now, as a result of repeated associations with the unconditioned stimulus, produces a conditioned response
Conditioned Response (CR)
A learned behaviour that is similar to the unconditioned response and is now triggered by the conditioned stimulus as a result of conditioning
Operant Conditioning
A learning process in which the likelihood of a voluntary behaviour occurring is determined by its consequences
Antecedent
An environmental stimulus that triggers an action
Behaviour
Any observable action by an
organism
Consequence
Something that makes a
behaviour more or less likely to
occur again
Reinforcement
a stimulus from the environment that increases the likelihood of a response occurring in the future
Positive Reinforcement
when a behaviour is followed by adding a desirable stimulus, increasing the likelihood of the behaviour occurring again
Negative Reinforcement
when a behaviour is followed by the removal of an undesirable
stimulus, increasing the likelihood of the behaviour occurring again
Punishment
a stimulus from the environment that decreases the likelihood of a behaviour occurring again
Positive Punishment
when a behaviour is followed by
adding an undesirable stimulus, decreasing the likelihood of the behaviour occurring again
Negative Punishment
when a behaviour is followed by the removal of a desirable stimulus,
Learner
Model
Observational Learning
Social-cognitive Approach
Attention
Retention
Reproduction
Motivation
Reinforcement
Indigenous
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Community
Ways of Knowing
First Nations
Connection to Country
Narrative
Yarn
Learning Map
Kinaesthetic
Place- Based Learning