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Pavlov

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-classical conditioning

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Watson

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“Blank state”

-we can take anyone and shape them into anything

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Classical conditioning

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  • passive response
  • reflexes
  • elicited responses
  • reinforcement is irrelevant to learning
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Principles of classical conditioning

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  • stimulus substitution
  • associative learning
  • acquisition
  • extinction
  • spontaneous recovery
  • second-order conditioning
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Associative learning

-type of learning?

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  • type of classical conditioning
  • neural stimulus leads to reflexive behavior
  • ie pavlov’s dog
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Stimulus substitution

-type of conditioning?

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  • type of classical conditioning

- stimuli associated and can be substituted

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Acquisition

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  • phase of classical conditioning when CS and US are presented together
  • ie dog doesn’t realize that food is coming right away
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Extinction

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  • CS alone
  • response drops off bc association isnt there
  • learning is still there but it’s not at forefront of brain
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Spontaneous recovery

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-bursts of remembering

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Generalization

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-CR observed even when CS is a little different than the one used during acquisition

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Discrimmination

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The capacity to distinguish between similar but distinct stimuli

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Generalization and discrimination

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-the more you have of 1, the less you have of the other

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Unconditioned stimulus

With example

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Naturally produced reaction to stimulus

-ie give dog food

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Unconditioned response

With example

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Reflexive action from unconditioned stimulus

-ie dog salivates in response to food

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Conditioned stimulus

With example

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Initially neural and produces no reliable response

-ie ringing a bell for dog with food

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Conditioned response

With example

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Reaction is the same as UR but is produced by CS

  • not as strong as UR
  • ie dog salivates with buzzer sound
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What occurs in brain when stimulus acquires conditioned properties

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  • generalizes
  • discriminates
  • extinguishes
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Little Albert experiment results

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  • performed by Watson
  • used pavlov’s theory of associative memory to Albert’s learning of fear
  • showed that strong emotions can be learned and generalized
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Little Albert experiment

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-associated mouse with loud noise
-learned to fear mouse
-translated fear to other animals
-US: loud noise
UR: fearful crying
-CS: white rat
CR: fearful crying from rat

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Little Albert experiment exemplifies classical conditioning principles

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  • stimulus substitution: fur coat, monkey, rabbit
  • discrimination: if monkey is ok
  • extinguish: mouse without noise is ok after time
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2 factor theory of learning

  • who discovered theory
  • main theory
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  • Mowrer
  • theory of avoidance learning
  • classical: learn to avoid
  • operative: avoiding results in reward, fear continues
  • negative reinforcement: taking away something negative (fear)
  • reinforcing avoidance behavior
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Delay conditioning

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  • part of classical conditioning
  • CS followed by US
  • ie tone (CS) followed by puff of air (US) into eye. Response=eye blink; tone eventually elicits eye blink
  • tone is on, puff, both end together
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Trace conditioning

  • example
  • part of brain
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  • same as delay conditioning except tone goes then pause then puff of air (aware of difference between US and CS)
  • ie people on vegetative state may process verbal stimuli
  • hippocampus
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Biological preparedness

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  • tendency for learning certain kinds of associations over others
  • some behaviors are easy to condition, others are not
  • classical conditioning works best with stimuli that are biologically relevant to organism
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Conditioned emotional response (CER)

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  • emotionally charges CR elicited by previously neutral stimulus
  • ie food, music, sexual interests
  • sexual arousal:
    • US: erotic imagery; UR: arousal
    • CS: shoes; CS: arousal
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Drug tolerance and classical conditioning

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  • conditioned stimuli before drug intake can illicit response that prepares body for drug
  • overdose: taking heroin in different location because body is not prepared for it
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Phobias

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  • anxiety disorder
  • panic attacks
  • treatment: use counter conditioning
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Systematic desensitization

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-Use counter conditioning to treat phobias

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Counter conditioning

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  • weakening CR by associating CS with a new response incompatible with fear
  • makes new pairings by using exposure and extinction
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Therapist techniques for treating phobias

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  • therapist develops a hierarchy of feared conditions
  • relaxation and coping
  • client applies learned skills while imagining CS
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Invivo desensitization video

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  • makes visualization real

- virtual imagery to treat certain phobias (ie fear of heights or fear of airplanes)

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Flooding

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  • forcing someone into a situation where they have to face fears
  • therapist is there reminding them of the skills they learned
  • ie planes with snakes
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Phobias, classical conditioning and operative conditioning

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-phobias start with classical conditioning and are maintained by operative conditioning

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Operant conditioning

  • part of brain
  • neurotransmitter?
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  • active
  • voluntary responses
  • response emitted
  • consequences and reqards
  • reinforcement for desired response
  • are actions beneficial?
  • nucleus accumbens
  • dopamine
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The law of effect

-who developed it?

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  • thorndike
  • behaviors that give satisfaction are more likely to be repeated
  • behaviors that are unsatisfying are less likely to be repeated
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Operant behavior

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-behavior has some impact on the environment and has consequences

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Skinner box

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  • researchers can study organisms in a controlled environment
  • used to study operant behavior
  • use ideas of reinforcement and punishment
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Reinforcer

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Stimulus that encourages behavior that lead to it

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Punisher

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Stimulus that Decreases likelihood of behavior that lead to it

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Positive reinforcement

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  • present rewarding stimulus

- increase chance of behavior

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Negative reinforcement

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  • negative stimulus removed

- inc chance of behavior

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Positive punishment

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  • unpleasant stimulus administered
  • dec chance of behavior
  • ie giving a fine
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Negative punishment

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  • rewarding stimulus is removed
  • dec chance of behavior
  • ie being grounded
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Primary reinforcers

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  • help satisfy biological needs
  • need to survive
  • ie food, water, shelter
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Secondary reinforcers

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  • effective bc of association with primary reinforcers thru classical conditioning
  • ie money is 2dary but is assoc with buying food and shelter etc
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Overjustification effect

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  • external rewards make the task seem less satisfying
  • too much reinforcemnt
  • less creative solutions when paid for creative jobs
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Context/stimulus control

  • who is covered it?
  • 3-term contingency
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  • thorndike: leaning takes place in contexts
  • skinner rephrased: behavior under stimulus control
  • 3 terms: discriminative stimulus, response, reinforcer
  • ie drinking coffee at Starbucks, making jokes about professor, laughter
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Extinction with operant conditioning

-difference from classical conditioning

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  • occurs when reward stops coming
  • classical conditioning: US occurs in every trial
  • operant conditioning: reinforcement only happens with proper response
  • depends on how often reinforcement is received
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Schedules of reinforcement

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  • interval schedules: fixed and variable

- ratio schedules: fixed and variable

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Fixed interval schedules

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  • reinforcers at fixed time periods

- ie exams (study more right before)

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Variable interval schedule

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  • reinforcement based on average time
  • ie don’t know when it’s coming within some 2 minute period
  • ie pop quiz
  • produce consistent responding
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Fixed ratio schedule

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  • reinforcement after a certain number of responses have been made
  • ie workers get paid after making 10 shirts
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Variable ratio schedule

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  • reinforcement after particular average number of responses
  • slot machine winner every 100 pulls
  • higher rates of responding, never know when reinforcement will appear
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Continuous reinforcement

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  • reinforcement after each response

- fixed ratio

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Intermittent reinforcement

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  • when only some responses are followed with reinforcement
  • produce behavior more resistant to extinction
  • ie slot machine you will keep playing until you win
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Intermittent-reinforcement effect

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operant behaviors are maintained in intermittent reinforcement schedules; less likely to undergo extinction than continuous reinforcement

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Alcohol as a positive and negative reinforcer

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  • positive: enjoying glass of wine

- negative: if you don’t want to go to a party and you drink to calm your nerves (reduces bad things)

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Shaping

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Learning that results from reinforcement of successive steps lead to final desired behavior
-ie pigeon and pecking bar for food

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Latent learning

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-learned but behavior changes occur later in the future

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Cognitive map

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Mental representation of the physical features of the environment
-ie rats form a mental image of a maze once they learn their way around

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Social learning

-who?

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  • modeling behaviors and attitudes emotions
  • involves cognitive behavioral and environmental influences
  • bandura
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Bandura and the bobo dolls

-result/conclusion

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  • child plays with bobo doll
  • adult comes and beats it up
  • child acts more aggressively towards doll
  • watch adult get reprimanded, less likely to engage in behavior
  • if adult gets reprimanded, more likely to engage in behavior
  • direct reinforcement and punishment are not necessary for learning-don’t need direct shaping
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Brain functioning in operant conditioning

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  • pleasure centers: middle forebrain, hypothalamus, nucleus accumbens
  • nucleus accumbens secreted dopamine=happier
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Operational learning

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-learning that takes place by watching the actions of others

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Diffusion chain

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  • associated with observational learning

- one person learns something from someone, someone else learns that thing from that person and so on

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Implicit learning

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  • learning that takes place without the awareness of the process or products of information acquisition
  • ie language patterns
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Habituation

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  • repeated exposure reduces response

- get used to things ie plane noise if you travel a lot

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