Chapter 8: Learning

Question 1

when psychologists talk about learning, they are talking about

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behaviors

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enduring changes in behavior that occur with experience

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learning

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processes by which two pieces of information in the environment are linked, so we connect them in our minds

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association

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principles of association:

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contiguity, frequency, and similarity (CFS)

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nearness in time and space

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contiguity

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how often something occurs

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frequency

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how alike things are

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similarity

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form of associative learning in which behaviors are triggered by associations with events in the environment

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conditioning

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neutral stimulus becomes associated with stimulus which was automatic, inborn response

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classical conditioning

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___ stimulus and ___ response are biologically hardwired, an innate response to a stimulus

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unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned response

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ex: dog salivates when it is given a treat

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unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned response

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leads to no kind of response

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neutral stimulus

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ex: ring the bell and present the dog with food - the bell becomes a

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conditioned stimulus

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ex: whether or not the dog learned to associat the bell with food

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conditioned response

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dog salivating when it hears the bell - the salivating becomes a ____ to the bell

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conditioned response

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initial learning of the stimulus-response relationship

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acquisition

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conditioned stimulus comes before unconditioned stimulus (most effective)

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forwarding conditioning

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ex: ringing the bell before the food

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forwarding conditioning

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unconditioned stimulus comes before conditioned stimulus

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backward conditioning

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ex: food first, then ring the bell

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backward conditioning

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a new neutral stimulus can become a new conditioned stimulus

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high-order conditioning

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ex: aunt –> arousal

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high-order conditioning

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diminished responding when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus

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extinction

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tendency to respond with the conditioned response to stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus

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generalization

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learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and other irrelevant stimuli

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discrimination

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ex: a turtle trained to be afraid of rabbits is shown a snake (no reaction)

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discrimination

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ex: present a turtle trained to be afraid of bunnies with a mouse (shocked)

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generalization

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consequences of a behavior increase or decrease likelihood the behavior will be repeated

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law of effect

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process of changing behavior by manipulating consequences of that behavior

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operant conditioning

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action is strengthened if followed by a

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reinforcer

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action is diminished if followed by a

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punisher

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strengthens response by following it with a pleasing stimulus

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positive reinforcement

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strengthen response by removing something desirable

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negative reinforcement

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unlearned and innately satisfying

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primary reinforcers

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ex: using food and sleep as reinforcers

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primary reinforcers

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are associated with primary reinforcers to achieve result

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secondary reinforcers

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ex: money (use money to give you access to food, clothing, etc)

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secondary reinforcer

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using reinforcers to gradually guide an animal’s actions toward a desired behavior

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shaping

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baby steps that get you closer to your desired behavior

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successive approximations

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reinforce behavior every single time it occurs

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continuous reinforcement

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reinforce behavior, but not every time it occurs

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partial/intermittent reinforcement

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more resistant to extinction, but harder for organism to learn desired behavior

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partial/intermittent reinforcement

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pros vs cons: organism quickly learns behavior but quickly distinguishes

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continuous reinforcement

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reinforce behavior after certain number of responses

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fixed ratio

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reinforce behavior after unpredictable number of responses

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variable ratio

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reinforce first response after fixed amount of time

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fixed interval

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reinforce first response after varying time interval

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variable interval

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diminish response by following it with an unpleasant stimulus

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positive punishment

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diminish response by removing a desired stimulus

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negative punishment

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learned behavior that shifts toward instinctive, unlearned tendencies

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instinctive drift

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view on learning which proposes that some behaviors are inherently more likely to be learned than others

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biological constraint model

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learning that occurs in absence of reinforcement and is not demonstrated until later when reinforcement occurs

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latent learning