learning

Question 1

what is learning

Answer 1

any relative durable change in behaviour or knowledge due to experience

Question 2

what 4 things are associated with learning

Answer 2

semantic information
skills
conditioning
phobias

Question 3

decrease in response time after repeated presentations is what

Answer 3

habituation
(getting used to something then ignoring it)

Question 4

increase in response time after repeated presentations is what

Answer 4

sensitization

Question 5

who did the study about dogs

Answer 5

pavlov

Question 6

how close in time the stimulus are is what

Answer 6

contiguity

Question 7

how dependant stimulus are on each other is what

Answer 7

contingency

Question 8

how strong the response is what

Answer 8

salience

Question 9

what is spontaneous recovery

Answer 9

comes back quicker

Question 10

what is stimulus generalization

Answer 10

another stimulus (not CS or a UCS) elicits the CR
panic disorder

Question 11

who was little Albert

Answer 11

experiments with rats, associated it with anything white and fluffy

Question 12

does not respond to new stimuli in same way as CS

Answer 12

stimulus discrimination

Question 13

what are phobias

Answer 13

heights, now fear of all heights

Question 14

what are food aversions

Answer 14

develop after one incident
associate being sick with the food they ate before

Question 15

what is classical conditioning

Answer 15

2 stimuli
through association, a neutral stimulus becomes associated with an unconditioned stimulus and elicits the same response

Question 16

what is operant conditioning

Answer 16

through association, a behaviour becomes more or less probable based on its consequences

Question 17

what is thorndikes law of effect

Answer 17

responses that produce satisfying effect are likely to be repeated

Question 18

what did skinner do

Answer 18

studied animals, how they would respond to reward and punishment

Question 19

what are primary reinforcements

Answer 19

biological needs

Question 20

what are secondary reinforcements

Answer 20

acquired through conditioning

Question 21

what is the rate of conditioning

Answer 21

satiety
immediacy
contingency
size

Question 22

what is observational learning

Answer 22

learning through observing a model, rather than direct experience

Question 23

what did Albert bandura believe

Answer 23

conditioning can happen through observation

Question 24

what are the 4 basic processes

Answer 24

attention
retention
reproduction
motivation

Question 25

t or f reinforcement does not influence production more than acquisition

Answer 25

f they do influence it

Question 26

what was the bobo doll study

Answer 26

children who watched the adult beat up the doll were much more likely to beat it up themselves

Question 27

what is social cognitive theory

Answer 27

we learn by observing others
- social environment
- cognition

Question 28

what is media violence

Answer 28

correlation between media violence and aggressive behaviour
physiological desensitization and adaption

Question 29

what are mirror neruons

Answer 29

theory of mind
empathy
imitation