intro to learning Flashcards
learning
the acquisition of knowledge and skills throughout experience, study, or being taught, must impact behavior
conditioning
the process of training or accustoming a person or animal to behave a certain way
classical conditioning
a learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired until the subject responds to the originally neutral stimulus
operant conditioning
a learning process through which the strength of behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment
insight learning
form of cognitive learning in which problem solving only occurs by means of sudden recognition of perceptions (the use of one or the combination of the 2 previously and separately learned skills to solve problems
latent learning
the subconscious retention of information without reinforcement or motivation. one changes behavior only when there is sufficient motivation later than when they subconsciously retained the information
association
the basis of all learning, what two things we associate together and how it triggers a response
taste aversion
when we associate food we ate with a bad experience we had with that particular food and are now repulsed by that food
superstition
when we associate a seemingly random action or item with an extreme (positive or negative) outcome
learned helplessness
when we associate our action with failure due to persistent failure to succeed, leading to
a sense of powerlessness even when given the chance to succeed
biological constraints
some are predisposed to make certain association, there is just some things certain species can’t learn
instinctual drift
when a species reverts back to unconscious or automatic behavior counter to attempts at operant conditioning
