Chapter 6: Learning and memory Flashcards
Learning is a relatively permanent…
Change in behaviour caused by experience
Incidental learning is the…
Casual, unintentional acquisition of knowledge
Behavioural theories focus on…
Simple stimulus-response connections
Cognitive theories regard consumers as…
Solvers of complex problems who learn abstract rules and concepts
Behavioural theories assume that learning takes place as the result of…
Responses to external events
Behavioural theories approaches the mind as a ______ and focuses on ______ behaviour
Black box; Observable
3 Components of classical conditioning
- Unconditioned stimulus
- Conditioned stimulus
- Conditioned response
Classical conditioning primarily applies to responses controlled by the…
Autonomic and nervous systems
Extinction [in classical conditioning] occurs when…
The effects of prior conditioning diminish and disappear
Stimulus generalisation refers to the tendency of…
Similar stimuli to a conditioned stimulus to evoke similar responses
When people react to similar stimuli in the same way they respond to the original stimulus, this is known as…
The Halo effect
Piggybacking strategy occurs when…
Similar packaging and brand names are used to make use of existing associations
Masked branding strategy occurs when…
The true origins are hidden to separate the product from existing associations
Stimulus discrimination occurs when…
An unconditioned stimulus does not follow a stimulus similar to a conditioned stimulus
Instrumental/Operant conditioning occurs when we learn to perform behaviours that….
Produce positive outcomes and avoid negative outcomes
Instrumental conditioning occurs in 1 of 3 possible ways
- Positive reinforcement
- Negative reinforcement
- Punishment
Positive reinforcement occurs when the learner…
Obtains a positive outcome
Negative reinforcement occurs when the learner…
Avoids a negative outcome
Punishment occurs when the learner…
Receives a negative outcome or is deprived of a positive outcome
Extinction [in instrumental conditioning] occurs when…
A person no longer receives a positive outcome
Positive and negative reinforcement together will (strengthen/weaken) the stimulus-response connection.
Punishment and extinction together will (strengthen/weaken) the stimulus-response connection.
Strengthen; Weaken
Types of reinforcement schedules (4)
- Fixed interval
- Variable interval
- Fixed ratio
- Variable ratio
Advertising wear-out occurs when consumers become so used to a stimulus that they…
No longer pay attention to it