Final Flashcards
Stimulus
Anything an organism can sense.
Stimulus Class
A group of stimuli that share some common property.
3 Types of Stimulus Classes
Formal: They look the same in some way.
Temporal: They precede or follow a response.
Functional: They produce the same response.
Two kinds of stimulus changes:
Antecedent: Stimulus change prior to the behavior
Consequences: Stimulus changes post behavior.
Stimulus changes controlled by other people.
socially mediated
Stimulus changes produced direcetly by the behavior.
automatic
What is the environment?
- The circumstances in which the organism exists
- Includes all of the stimuli capable of affecting the organism
- Includes stimuli occurring within the skin
The environment is never…
unchanging
All behavior occurs in a…
context
Behavior
- Iteraction between the organism and environment
- Anything an organism does.
- Behavior never stops – ever – it is a constant flow or stream
Response
An individual instance of behavior
Stumulus Response Learning (3 qualities)
Respondent behavior (reflex)
- Specific responses to specific stimuli
- Selected through evolution – hardwired into our system
- Seemingly linked to species survival
A reflex is a…
Stimulus response relation (A stimulus elicits a reflexive response)
Respondent extinction
The CS is repeatedly presented without the US, the CR will decrease. This decrease in the CR due to repeated CS presentation is called respondent conditioning.
Reinforcement can come in two ways…
- Socially Mediated
- Automatic
In order for a stimulus change to function as a negative reinforcer
some aversive condition must exist prior to the behavior.
Negative reinforcement comes in two ways…
Escape
Avoidance
What is extinction?
The withholding of a reinforcer for a previously reinforced behavior
What is an extinction burst?
An increase in the behavior or other behaviors
that previously produced the specific reinforcer
What are two qualities of an extinction burst?
- An increase in members of a response class
- You may also see other emotional responses
What is spontaneous recovery?
A small resurgence in the behavior after fully
extinguished
What is resurgance?
When you place a behavior on extinction, and it becomes extinguished,it is possible for other behaviors that were previously extinguished to re-emerge.
Once the behavior has reached 0, we say the behavior has been..
The process is…
extinguished
extinction
Punishment is not…
extinction
Extinction is only if…
the decrease in behavior results from withholding reinforcement following that behavior
Withdrawing refers to (and not extinction)…
negative punishement
Extinction is more effective after…
continious reinforcement
Increased motivation will…
increase resistance to extinction
Provide what for extinction?
signals
What is bootleg reinforcement?
Reinforcement that is not under your control or is unprogrammed.
What is a byproduct of extinction?
Aggressive/destructive behaviors
What three effects are you likely to see from extinction?
- Extinction burst
- Spontaneous recovery
- Resurgence
What is continuous reinforcement?
Each occurance is reinforced
What is intermitten reinforcement?
Some occurances are reinforced
Continuous reinforcement is useful for…
- Useful in initially selecting and strengthening new behaviors
- Used during the initial stages of learning when responding is weaker
Intermitten reinforcement useful for…
- Used when behavior is relatively strong or during maintenance phases of instruction
- Helps promote resistance to extinction
All behavior must occasionally contact…
Reinforcement
We need to focus on shifting:
- Continuous programmed reinforcement to intermittent programmed reinforcement.
- Intermittent programmed reinforcement to naturally occurring reinforcement.
What is ratio scheadule?
Reinforcement is delivered based on the number of responses emitted.
What is interval scheadule?
Some amount of time must pass before a response produces reinforcement.
What is fixed ratio?
REINFORCEMENT IS DELIVERED AFTER A
FIXED NUMBER OF RESPONSES.
What are the fixed ratio scheadule characteristics?
-High rate of performance
-Post reinforcement pause (A period of time, following
reinforcement, where responding stops)
-Highly sensitive to extiniction
What is variable ratio?
-REINFORCEMENT IS DELIVERED AFTER A
VARIABLE (AVERAGE) NUMBER OF
RESPONSES
What are the interval scheadule characteristics?
- Very high, steady rate of responding
- Little or no post-reinforcement pause
- Resistant to extinction
What is fixed interval?
-FIRST RESPONSE after a fixed amount of time is reinforced.
What are fixed interval characteristics?
-Slow to moderate rate of responding
-Very large post-reinforcement pause
relative to schedule
-Response rate increase toward end of
interval
-Highly sensitive to extinction
What is the scallop effect?
Response rate increase toward end of
interval.
What is variable interval scheadule?
FIRST TARGETED RESPONSE AFTER A
VARIABLE (AVERAGE) AMOUNT OF TIME IS
REINFORCED.
What are characteristics of variable interval?
- Slow to moderate, steady rate of performance
- Little to no post reinforcement pause
- Resistant to extinction
What is a limited hold?
- A contingency added to the end of a schedule of reinforcement to increase adherence to the schedule
- Specifies a time period following the elapse of the interval during which a response must occur
In geneal, fixed scheadules…
- Longer PRP
- Susceptible to extinction
In general, variable scheadules…
- Short to no PRP
- Steady responding
- Resistant to extinction