learning Flashcards
what is learning
relatively permanent change in behaviour that occurs as a result of experience
how can learning occur
-intentionally (e.g watching/hearing s/o play piano
- active (e.g reciting multiplication table)
- passive (hearing abt aus performing in olympics)
classical conditioning
occurs through repeated association of two or more different stimuli
3 phase process of CC
Before conditioning: NS produces no response
UCS elicits UCR
During conditioning: NS repeatedly associated/paired with UCS to produce the reflexive response( UCR)
After conditioning: NS becomes learned = CS
CS now produces CR (same as UCR)
3 phase process/model of OC
Antecedent/discriminative stimulus: what prompts behaviour
Behaviour: voluntary response
Consequence: what happened after response
negative reinforcement
remove something undesirable/unpleasant stimulus e.g panadol tablet when have headache
positive reinforcement
applying a positive reinforcer after desired response has been made e.g lolly for good behaviour
what do reinforcements do
strengthen the response
positive punishment
delivery of an unpleasant stimulus
response cost (-ve punishment)
stimulus is taken away as a consequence of behaviour
what do punishments do
reduce the frequency of the behaviour
observational learning
uses observation of a model’s actions and the consequences of those actions to guide their further actions
vicarious conditioning
The individual watches a model’s behaviour being either reinforced or punished.
the person then behaves in exactly the same way or a modified way or refrains from the behaviour as a result of what they have observed
observational learning abbreviation
ARRMR
ARRMR stands for what
attention, retention, reproduction, motivation, reinforcement