Chapter 7: Learning Flashcards

1
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Classical conditioning is also known as ________ conditioning.

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Pavlovian

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2
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How does classical conditioning differ from operant conditioning?

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Classical: associate an involuntary response and a stimulus
dogs salivating at a bell before feeding

Operant: associate a voluntary behaviour and a consequence
rat pressing a button for food

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3
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Explain the terms:
Unconditioned stimulus
Unconditioned response
Neutral stimulus
Conditioned stimulus
Conditioned response

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-US: elicits reflexive response without learning (loud noise)
-UR: reflexive unlearned reaction to US (jumping at loud noise)
-NS: does not elicit response
-CS: elicits CR due to repetitive conditioning (bell before food)
-CR: learned response to stimulus (drool)

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Under this principle, a conditioned stimulus is repeatedly conditioned without the unconditioned stimulus in order to dissociate the 2 (bell without food)

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Extinction

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5
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What is spontaneous recovery?

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When extinction causes a conditioned response to disappear, but it comes back at a later point, which means multiple extinction trials must be done

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6
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Under this principle, a neutral stimulus can become a conditioned stimulus by being associated with an already learned conditioned stimulus

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Higher-order conditioning

This may be why we associate some words with emotional responses

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7
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What is stimulus generalization?

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A response that originally occurred for a specific stimulus also occurs for a different but similar stimulus (checking your phone when someone else’s rings)

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8
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What is stimulus discrimination?

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Learning to respond to 1 original conditioned stimulus but not to new stimuli that may be similar (opposite of stimulus generalization)

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9
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This approach emphasizes the study of observable behaviour and the role of the environment and prior experience as determinants of behaviour

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Behaviourism

Advertisers try to use this principle to associate their product with positive feelings

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10
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What is fear conditioning?

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Learning that a previously neutral stimulus reliably predicts an aversive stimulus which elicits a fear response

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11
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This method serves as a faster way to achieve extinction and is commonly used to treat phobias. It associates a positive stimulus with a previously learned negative stimulus, which can counteract the negative response

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Counterconditioning

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12
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What is the Garcia effect?

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Food associated conditioning, wherein a person can develop an aversion to a food by having a bad experience with it

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13
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In _______ _______, a behaviour becomes more or less likely to occur depending on its consequences

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operant conditioning

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14
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Responses that are generally NOT reflexive come from (classical/operant) conditioning

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operant

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15
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________ causes an increased likelihood of repeated behaviour under operant conditioning, and ________ causes a decreased likelihood of repeated behaviour

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Reinforcement, punishment

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16
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Explain primary and secondary reinforcement and punishment

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-Primary reinforcement: natural, satisfy a biological need
-Secondary reinforcement: acquired (+$)
-Primary punishment: natural, does not satisfy a biological need
-Secondary punishment: acquired (-$)

17
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Explain positive and negative reinforcement and punishment

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-Positive reinforcement: something pleasant follows a response
-Negative reinforcement: something unpleasant is removed
-Positive punishment: something unpleasant follows a response
-Negative punishment: something pleasant is removed

18
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Leaving a sporting event early because you want to avoid the traffic is an example of _______ learning

19
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Your baby brother is crying very loudly in the living room, so you go to your bedroom and close the door. This is an example of _______ learning

20
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Under operant conditioning, this signals when a response is likely to be followed by a certain type of consequence, for example, seeing a friend in a bad mood signals to you to leave them alone

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Discriminative stimulus

21
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What is the difference between shaping and chaining?

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Shaping focuses on reinforcing closer and closer approximations to a single desired behaviour, whereas chaining breaks down a behaviour into specific pieces before putting them all together

22
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Examples for the following schedules:
FIXED RATIO: reinforcement after a certain amount of responses
VARIABLE RATIO: reinforcement after an unpredictable number of responses
FIXED INTERVAL: reinforcement for responses after a fixed amount of time
VARIABLE INTERVAL: reinforcement after a varying amount of time regardless

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-FR: a worker being paid for every 10 units of product they make (10:1)
-VR: casino slot machines
-FI: a weekly paycheck for working
-VI: checking for emails, which occur at unpredictable times

23
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Give some examples of why punishment can fail

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-Recipient may often respond with anxiety, fear, rage, etc.
-Often temporary effectiveness
-Usually hard to punish immediately
-If it contains little information
-Punishments may sometimes even reinforce because it brings attention

24
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What is a preferable method for operant conditioning than just the use of punishment

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Using extinction for the undesirable behaviour, or else combining any punishment with reinforcement for the desired behaviour as well

25
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Reliance of _______ reinforcement may undermine the power of _______ reinforcement

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extrinsic, intrinsic

26
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What is the difference between extrinsic and intrinsic reward?

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Intrinsic motivation comes from an internal desire to accomplish a goal, whereas extrinsic motivation comes from external rewards

27
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You drive the same route to school every day and barely pay attention to where you are going because you learned the route a long time ago. However, a friend asks you where a building was, and you answered him before you even realized you knew the answer, because the building was on your route to school. What learning does this exemplify?

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Latent learning

28
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These types of learning theories focus on observational learning and the role played by beliefs, interpretations of events, and other cognitions determining behaviour

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Social-cognitive theories