Conditioning Flashcards
What is “learning” in the context of psychology?
Long-term or relatively permanent change in behaviour based on experience
Operant conditioning explains changes in what kind of behaviour, as a result of what?
Changes in voluntary behaviour as a result of consequences
W/ Pavlov’s dog, what is the unconditioned response?
Salivating
Pavlov’s bell went from (a) to (b)
a) neutral stimulus
b) conditioned stimulus
Conditioned stimulus was generated from what pairing?
A previously neutral stimulus (bell) with unconditioned stimulus (salivating)
What do you call the two main components in operant conditioning?
- Reinforcement
- Punishment
Reinforcement does what?
Makes it more likely you’ll do something again?
Punishment does what?
Makes it more likely you won’t do something
Positive and negative mean what?
The addition and removal of stimulus, respectively
True or false: positive and negative in the context of operational conditioning means good and bad, respectively.
False
Pigeons choosing impressionistic paintings because they have been conditioned to pick monet paintings (even when it’s not by monet) is an example of what?
Stimulus generalization
A situmulus that naturally brings about a particular response without having been learned is…
Unconditioned stimulus
A response that is natural and needs no training is called _____
Unconditioned response
***Responses that lead to satisfying consequences are more likely to be repeated. This phenomena is called _____________ Law of _________
Thorndike’s Law of Effect
***True or False? Removal of a positive stimulus will decrease the frequency of a behaviour.
True (? check ?)
True or false: The conditioned response and unconditioned response are the same behaviour.
True
They are triggered by different stimuli
When does “extinction” occur?
When a previously conditioned response decreased in frequency and eventually disappears.
True or false: extinction is always permanent.
False.
What is spontaneous recovery?
The re-emergence of an extinguished conditioned response after a period of rest
What is stimulus generalization?
when stimuli that are similar to the original conditioned stimulus produce the same response
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Psychologist Martin Seligan’s theory that we are primed to learn certain kinds of associations over others based on our ancestors is called _________
biological preparedness theory
What is operant conditioning?
Learning in which a voluntary response is strengthened or weakened, depending on favourable or unfavourable circumstances.
In operant conditioning, what is reinforcement, and what is reinforcer?
Reinforcement: the process where a stimulus increases the probability that a preceding behaviour will be repeated (eg. the action of rats pressing a lever to get food)
Reinforcer: any stimulus that increses the probability the preceding behaviour will occur again (eg. the food)
What are primary and secondary reinforcers?
Primary: a reinforcer that satisfies a biological need. (eg: food, warmth)
Secondary: a stimulus that becomes reinforcing because of its association with a primary reinforcer (eg. money, because we have learned that it helps us obtain valuable objects)
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