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Define Learning

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Long lasting change due to experience

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What are the 3 types of learning

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classical
operant
observational

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What is classical conditioning

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Created by Ivan Pavlov
Passive learning (no thinking required/automatic)
First thing you need is an unconditional relationship

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Who was Ivan Pavlov and what did he find

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Studied digestion of dogs
found that dogs would salivate when seeing food

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Steps of classical conditioning

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  1. have an unconditional relationship
    - Unconditional stimulus (food)
    -Unconditional response (drool)
  2. Next find a neutral response
    - Explicits no response (Ex: bell)
  3. Present NS with the UCS a lot of times
    - NS and then UCS (order matters)
    - the brain begins to link the NS with UCS
  4. At this point the NS turns into a conditioned stimulus and the UCR turns into a conditioned response
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What is an unconditional stimulus

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something that elicits a natural, reflexive response UCS

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What is an unconditional response

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an response to UCS
UCR

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What is acquisition

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we know learning takes place when the previously neutral stimulus elicits a response
Does not last forever

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What happens when the CS no longer is associated with UCS

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Extinction
Loss of link

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What is spontaneous recovery

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sometimes after extinction, the cr still randomly appears after the cs is present

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What is adverse conditioning

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classical conditioning on humans

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Who used adverse conditioning and what was the experiment

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Johnwatson brought classical conditioning to psychology with his baby Albert experiment

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What is discrimination

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something so different to CS so you do not get CR

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What is generalization

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something so familiar to CS that you get CR
Ex: baby Albert generalized his fear of the white rat to anything the color white

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What is learned taste aversions

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food being paired with sickness, conditioning especially strong
Event when food and sickness are hours apart
Food must be salient

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What is the koeling study

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studied rats and how they make associations
some associations seem to be adaptive

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What is law of effect

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behavior changes because of its consequence
rewards strengthen behavior
if consequences are unpleasant, stimulus-reward connection will weaken
“This produces this”

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Who found law of effect and what was his experiment

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Edward Thorndike
Locked cats in a cage
Behaviorist
Called the whole process instrumental learning

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Who is BF skinner and what is his importance

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Father of operant conditioning
Nurture guy through and through
Used skinner boxes to prove concepts

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What are biological limits on operant conditioning

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Operant conditioning can be a great way of getting animals to behave in ways they are biologically predisposed to behave
What they naturally do
Ex: Dogs bark, birds peck,

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What is a reinforcer

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anything that increases behavior

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What is positive reinforcement

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addition of something pleasant (does not mean bad)

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What is negative reinforcement

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Removal of something unpleasant
2 types of NR
- escape learning
- avoidance

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What is punishment

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meant to decrease behavior

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What is positive punishment

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addition of something unpleasent

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What is negative punishment

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removal of something pleasant
works best when it is done immediently after the deed

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What is shaping

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REINFORCING SALL STEPS ON THE WAY TO DESIRED BEHAVIOR

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What are primary reinforcers

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things that are in themselves rewarding
Ex: football player playing because he loves the sport

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What is secondary reinforcers

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Things we have learned to value
Money is a special secondary generalized reinforcers

30
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What is the premark principle

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You have to take into consideration the reinforcers used
Incentives need to be more desirable than the reward

31
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What is latent learning

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Latent: below or hidden
sometimes learning is not immediently evident
not showing or doing unless incentive enough

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Who studied latent learning and what was the experiment

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Edward Toleman
3 rat experiment
rats needed a reason to display what they had learned

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What is extrinsic learning

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working to perform to avoid punishment

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What is intristic learning

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motivated for sake of personal rewards

35
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What is insight learning

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“Ah Hah”
not taught or shown the answer, but it comes to you after trial/error
answer comes to you
Ex: Relous puzzles

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Who studied insight learning in animals

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Wolfgang kohler and how chimpanzees
Some animals learn through “Ah Hah” experience

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What is observational learning

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we learn through modeling behavior from others
observing and imitating

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Who studied observational learning and what was the experiment

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Albert bandora and the bo bo dolls

39
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observational learning+ operant conditioning=

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social learning theory

40
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What are mirror neurons

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In the frontal lobe neurons that some scientists believe fire when they perform certain actions or observe another doing so
Brains mirroring of another’s action may enable imitation and empathy

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What Is prosocial behavior

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behavior that is constructive, beneficial, and non-violent. These behaviors can prompt the term “prosocial”

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What is continuous reinforcement

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reinforce behavior every time behavior is exhibited
usually done when the subject is 1st learning to make association
acquisition comes really fast
so does extinction

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Partial reinforcement

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reinforce behavior only some times its exhibited
acquisition comes more slowly
4 types

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Fixed ratio schedule

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provides reinforcement after set number of responses

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Variable ratio schedule

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provides a reinforcement after random number of responses
very hard to get acquisition but very hard to resist extinction

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Fixed interval schedule

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requires a set amount of time to elapse before giving reinforcement

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Variable interval schedule

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requires random amount of time to elapse before giving reinforcement
very hard to get acquisition but also very resistant