Chapter 7 Flashcards
What is a Pavlovian-Instrumental Transfer Test determined to establish?
a Pavlovian CS to activate an S-O association + how this CS influences instrumental response
In a Pavlovian-Instrumental transfer test, the __ should motivate instrumental response.
S-O association
In a Pavlovian-instrumental transfer test, the R-O association reflects ______.
goal-directed behavior
According to the Two-Process theory, the S-R association establishes ______ and the S-O association establishes ______.
an instrumental habit; Pavlovian reward expectancy.
What did Thorndike consider to be the key to instrumental learning?
The S-R association.
According to Thorndike, what role does the reinforcer (O) play in instrumental learning?
It merely “stamps in” the S-R association.
The S-R association helps us characterize _______ in people.
habitual behavior
The Two-Process Theory assumes what?
There are two distinct types of learning (Pavlovian and Instrumental Conditioning), and they are related in a special way.
A portion of the basal ganglia involved in reward, addiction, and reinforcement learning:
nucleus accumbens (NA)
The study of how drugs affect psychological processes and behavior:
psychopharmacology
R-O associations are involved in ________ behavior.
instrumental drug-seeking
According to the _______, if a subject performs an action to get a desirable outcome, then reducing ~contingency~ between action and outcome should reduce action.
contingency degradation effect
According to the ______, if a subject performs an action to get a desirable outcome, then making the outcome ~less desirable~ should reduce action.
reinforcer devaluation effect
Subjects must learn the current _____ of the reinforcer to see an effect on instrumental action.
incentive value
Subjects must experience a ______ for devaluation to reduce
instrumental response.
revulsion
