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1
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what is learning

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acquisition of new and relatively enduring information or behaviour, through experience, adaptability

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learning _____ info,

memory _____ info

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learning acquires

memory retains

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associative learning

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learning that certain events occur together

  • habitual behaviour
  • behaviour through conditioning
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cognitive learning

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by observing, or through language

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conditioning

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a process of learning associations

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stimulus

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anything to which an organism responds

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respondent behaviour

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behaviour that is automatic response to some stimulus

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operant behaviour

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behaviour that operates on the environment, consequences

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involuntary response to a stimulus (examples)

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puff of air = blink

food = salivating

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unlearned reflexes. give examples

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unconditioned

inborn, automatic

ex: hot weather, loud bang, onion vapour, touch hot pan

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learned reflexes. give examples

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conditioned

fire alarm, response to people, sports

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classical conditioning

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link between 2 or more stimuli produces a response
- respondent behaviour

when a previously neutral stimulus becomes ‘paired’ (associated) with an unconditioned response, and elicits a conditioned response.

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pavlovs dogs. 
name:
- unconditioned stimulus
- unconditioned response
- neutral stimulus
- conditioned stimulus
- conditioned response
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  • unconditioned stimulus: food
  • unconditioned response salivating
  • neutral stimulus: tone
  • conditioned stimulus: tone paired w food
  • conditioned response: learning salivating with tone
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pavlovs experiments

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acquisition
extinction
spontaneous recovery
generalization
discrimination
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extinction

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weakening (& disappearance of CR)

not unlearning but learned inhibition of responding

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spontaneous recovery

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after extinction, the CS is presented and the CR reappears

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generalization

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when a stimulus similar to the CS elicits the CR

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discrimination

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CR is made only to the CS, not to similar stimuli

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factors affecting classical conditioning

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number of pairings
- generally, more pairings = stronger response
intensity of the

unconditioned stimulus
- stronger = stronger & faster (loud noise vs clap)

how reliably the conditioned stimulus predictions the unconditioned response
- neutral stimulus must be reliable (false alarms)

temporal relationship between the conditioned stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus
- CS should occur just before US (.5 sec before)

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examples of classical conditioning in everyday life

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  • taste aversion (only needs on pairing)
  • fears and phobias (dentist, shark attack)
  • advertising
  • –associating product with a feeling or response
  • – beautiful people
  • –happy music, jingles
  • – wine and dine events
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JOHN GARCIA?

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look up

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Overmeier and seligman did what experiment (hint: dogs)

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dogs and shocks experiment

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what sis overseer and seligman find from their dogs and shocks experiment

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learned helplessness

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learned helplessness

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passive resignation to aversive conditions, learned by repeated exposure to circumstances perceived as inescapable and unavoidable

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common symptoms of learned helplessness in children

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  • low self-esteem
  • frustration
  • positivity
  • lack of effort
  • giving up
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does cc cause a voluntary response

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no its involuntary, passive, reflexive

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operant conditioning

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  • actions followed by a rewarding event increase
  • those followed by a punishing event decrease
  • associating an action and its consequence
  • produces operant behaviour
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behaviourism

  • who
  • what
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John watson

tabula rasa: blank state

  • everything is learned
  • environment more powerful than genetics
    • nurture over nature
29
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conditioning little albert

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John Watson and Rosalie raynor conditioned Baby Albert to fear a white rate

generalized fear to all white fury things

30
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little peter

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managed to classically condition a similar fear away

  • candy + 38 sessions
  • now called systematic desensitization
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thorndike - law of effect

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  • behaviour followed by pleasant consequences is likely to be repeated
  • behaviour followed by unpleasant consequences is likely to stop
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operant conditioning - bf skinner “skinner box”

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  • manipulate consequences
    • to increase or decrease B
    • to shape entirely new B
  • reinforcement
  • punishment
33
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name types of reinforcers

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primary reinforcers

conditioned (secondary) reinforcers

34
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primary reinforcers

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fulfill a basic need and do not depends on learning

- food, water, sleep

35
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conditioned (secondary) reinforcers

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acquired or learned

- money, grades, tokens, notoriety, attention

36
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reinforcer table

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read

37
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shaping (name ways)

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  • operant conditioning
  • reinforcers guide behaviour
  • successive approximations
  • shape complex behaviours
38
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name types of reinforcement

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positive reinforcement

negative reinforcement

39
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positive reinforcement

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presenting (adding) a pleasant or desirable stimulus that will strengthen B and increase the probability of it occurring again

  • pay someone for work done
  • pet a dog when it comes to you
40
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negative reinforcement

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  • removing (taking away) a stimulus that will strengthen a B and make it more likely to occur again
  • taking away something unpleasant (car buzzer for seatbelt)
  • aspirin for headache
  • stopping to remove painful pebble from shoes
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factors that influence the operant conditioning

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  • magnitude of reinforcement ($2 vs $200)
  • immediacy of reinforcement (longer delay = lower response)
  • level of motivation of the learner (learning to juggle)
42
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continuous reinforcement

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each correct response reinforced

43
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partial reinforcement

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  • reinforced randomly or intermittently
  • more realistic, how we actually learn
  • less susceptible to extinction
44
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name the schedules of reinforcement

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  • fixed ratio
  • variable ratio
  • fixed interval
  • variable interval
45
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fixed ratio

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  • Response after fixed number of correct responses
  • high response, brief pause after reinforcement

ex: worker productivity, mccafe card, payed by number lawns mowed

46
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variable ratio

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  • Response after a varying number of correct responses
  • high response rate, resistant to extinction

ex: VLTs, fishing

47
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fixed interval

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  • response after a specific time interval has passed
  • response increases near time of R, then slight drop

ex: pay check, morning paper

48
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variable interval

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  • Response after a varying amount of time
  • lower but steady response

ex: pop quiz, speed traps, random drug testing

49
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shared terms with operant and classical conditioning

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  • extinction
  • generalization
  • spontaneous recovery
50
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extinction

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when reinforcement is withheld

withhold tantrum attention

51
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generalization

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responding to a similar reinforcer

52
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types of punishment

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positive, negative

53
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when does punishment happen, why

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after a behaviour and to decrease the probability of the behaviour happening again

54
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positive punishment

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addition of an unpleasant stimulus

- extra chores, scolding

55
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negative punishment

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removal of something valued or desired

- no car

56
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disadvantages of punishment

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  • indicates unacceptable b, but no help in developing acceptable b
  • temporary suppression
  • negatively reinforces parents punishing
  • create fear/hostility towards punisher
  • increase aggression
  • passive aggressiveness
  • avoidance
  • inappropriate modeling
  • learned helplessness
57
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comp of classical + operant conditioning

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s45, s46

58
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can animals learn from experience? from stimulus?

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yes they can learn without reinforcement

yes they can learn predictability and expectance that a stimulus will occur

59
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latent learning

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behaviour is cognitively acquired but is not demonstrated until some incentive is provided for displaying it

  • rats in a maze
  • driving
  • knowledge of surroundings
60
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how to rewards affect intrinsic motivation

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excessive rewards can destroy intrinsic motivation.

people who focus on their works meaning and significance do better and earn intrinsic rewards

61
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observational learning

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  • modelling
  • learn from observing and imitation
    especially influential if paired with OC
  • antisocial or prosocial
62
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observational learning requires what

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  • attention
  • retention
  • reproduction (requires motivation)
  • reinforcement (if model is reinforced)
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Bandura’s Bobo doll experiment 1961 looked into what

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does aggressive modelling cause aggressive behaviour in children

64
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mirror neurons

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neurons that fire when observing others’ behaviour, feelings… neural basis for imitation

  • empathy
  • oxytocin
  • behaviour

modeling starts early. id pos or neg. what we learn as children is not easily displaced.

65
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yawning when others do caused by what?

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empathy, mirror neurons, modelling

66
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prosocial effects of observational learning in everyday life

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prosocial behaviour models have prosocial effects

effectiveness is related to consistency in actions and words

67
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antisocial effects of observational learning in everyday life

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observational learning may have adverse effects (movies, tv shows, online )

aggressiveness could be genetic

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