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Chapter 7 - Learning and Adaptation Flashcards

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A process by which experience produces lasting change in an organism’s behaviour or capabilities is:

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Learning

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What are the “big three” types of learning?

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1) event-alone learning (habituation)
2) event-event learning (classical conditioning)
3) behaviour-event learning (operant conditioning)

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What is habituation?

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The process by which we respond less strongly over time to repeated stimuli

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Is habituation the same as sensory adaptation?

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No

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What is sensitization?

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An increase in the strength of a response to a repeated stimulus

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Which is highly specific: habituation or sensitization?

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Habituation

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The process of forming relationships between stimuli is:

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Conditioning

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Who discovered classical conditioning?

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Ivan Pavlov

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What is classical conditioning?

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A form of learning in which a neutral stimulus comes to signal the occurrence of another stimulus.

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A stimulus that does not typically elicit a response is a:

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Neutral stimulus

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a biologically significant stimulus that already has a response associated with it is an:

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unconditioned stimulus

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what is a conditioned stimulus?

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a previously neutral stimulus that comes to elicit a conditioned response

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what is an unconditioned response?

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the response associated with an unconditioned stimulus

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with enough pairings of the conditioned stimulus with a neutral stimulus, the conditioned stimulus will come to elicit the same response as the paired neutral stimulus. this is is now a:

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conditioned response

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a relationship between two stimuli is:

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association

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acquisition is:

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the period during which an association is being learned

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what are the two steps to producing a conditioned response?

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1) make administration of the unconditioned stimulus contingent on presentation of the neutral stimulus
2) present the conditioned stimulus on its own

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in classical conditioning, the neutral stimulus becomes the:

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conditioned stimulus

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to be effective, the ________ should evoke a strong bodily response

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unconditioned stimulus

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what are the two categories for an unconditioned stimulus?

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appetitive (pleasant), and aversive (unpleasant)

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what is forward short-delay?

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the unconditioned stimulus is presented when the conditioned stimulus is still going

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what is forward trace?

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the conditioned stimulus starts and then “turns off”

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the presentation of the conditioned stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus at the exact same time is a:

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simultaneous pairing

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the presentation of the conditioned stimulus after the unconditioned stimulus is:

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backward pairing

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what are four ways to enhance the acquisition of a conditioned response:

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1) present multiple pairings
2) a very intense aversive unconditioned response (one-time learning)
3) use forward parings
4) use a short time interval between presentation of CS and US

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the process in which a conditioned stimulus is presented in the absence of a neutral stimulus in order to weaken the conditioned response is:

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extinction

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what is spontaneous recovery?

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if the conditioned stimulus is presented after a delay following extinction, the conditioned response may appear again

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what is stimulus generalization?

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the process in which, once a conditioned stimulus has been established, similar stimuli may also produce a conditioned response

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the process where a less pronounced conditioned response to conditioned stimuli that differ from the original is:

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stimulus discrimination

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what is higher order conditioning?

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a chain of events involving two conditioned response stimuli.

31
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what are some applications of classical conditioning?

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  • exposure therapy
  • systematic desensitization
  • flooding
  • VR exposure therapy
32
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the extinction of a conditioned response through exposure to conditioned stimulus without the presence of the unconditioned stimulus is:

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exposure therapy

33
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muscular relaxation paired with gradual exposure to fear-inducing stimulus is:

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systematic desensitization

34
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what is flooding?

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high exposure to fearful stimulus

35
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fear is highly ______

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generalizable

36
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disgust makes a great _________

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unconditioned stimulus

37
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what is operant conditioning?

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learning that is controlled by the consequences of the organisms behaviour

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what are the three steps to operant conditioning?

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1) stimulus
2) response
3) reinforcer

39
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true or false, operant conditioning is automatic.

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false, it is voluntary

40
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in operant conditioning, behaviour is a funtion of…

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consequences that follow behaviour

41
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putting a child in time out after they have done something bad is an example of:

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operant conditioning

42
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what did Edward Thorndike discover?

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the law of effect

43
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what is the law of effect?

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if a response, in the presence of a stimulus, is followed by something pleasant, there will be a strong bond between stimulus and response

44
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what was Thorndike’s puzzle box experiment?

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he put hungry cats in boxes with complex escape routes, and placed food outside the box as motivation to escape faster.

45
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puzzle boxes showed that _______ is incremental

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learning

46
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who was B.F. Skinner? what did he create?

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a guy who identified many key processes that occur during operant conditioning. created the Skinner box.

47
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what does the skinner box do?

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electronically records an animal’s activity and automatically provides reinforcements to specific actions

48
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any outcome that strengthens the probability of a response is:

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reinforcement

49
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the two types of reinforcement are:

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positive (add a stimulus) and negative (remove a stimulus)

50
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any outcome that weakens the probability of a response is:

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punishment

51
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what is positive punishment?

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presenting an unpleasant stimulus to decrease a response

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what is negative punishment?

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taking away a positive stimulus to decrease a response

53
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are rewards and reinforcers the same thing?

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no

54
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any stimulus that signals the availability of reinforcement is a:

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discriminative stimulus (S^D)

55
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what is shaping?

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reinforce successive approximations towards a final response (learning in increments!!)

56
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what is chaining?

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adding steps to a second stimulus. reinforcing a response with the opportunity to perform the next response.

57
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what is continuous reinforcement?

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every correct response is reinforced

58
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the process where only some correct responses are reinforced is:

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partial reinforcement

59
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what is fixed reinforcement?

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reinforcement that occurs after a fixed number of responses or fixed time interval

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what is variable reinforcement?

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reinforcement occurs after an average number of responses

61
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the process where a certain percentage of responses are reinforced is:

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ratio reinforcement

62
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the process where a certain amount of time must elapse between reinforcements is:

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interval reinforcement

63
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fixed, variable, ratio, and interval reinforcement are all a part of:

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partial reinforcement

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what is a fixed ratio schedule?

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reinforcement given after a fixed number of responses

65
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what is a variable ratio schedule?

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reinforcement given after an average number of responses

66
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what is a fixed interval schedule?

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the first correct response after a fixed time interval is reinforced

67
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what is a variable interval schedule?

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reinforcement given for the first correct response after an average amount of time

68
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performance of a behaviour that terminates an aversive stimulus is:

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escape behaviour

69
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the performance of a behaviour that prevents the aversive stimulus from occuring is:

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avoidance behaviour

70
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avoidance is a response to __________

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successful escape

71
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what is two process theory?

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combines classical conditioning and operant conditioning to learn an avoidance response

72
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what are the steps of two-process theory?

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1) classical conditioning of a fear response to a conditioned stimulus
2) operant conditioning of escape response to fear evoking discriminative stimulus

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