learning Flashcards
What is habituation
process of adopting to repeated stimuli
calssical conditioning
associating a stimuli with an invoulentary responce
Extinction
the gradual diminishing of conditioned responce
Spontaneouse responce
reappearance, after a pause, of a weakend conditioned responce.
Stimulus generalization
Conditioned response to stimuli that are
similar to the original conditioned
stimulus. (general stimuli)
Stimulus discrimination
Learned ability to respond differently to
stimuli that differ from the conditioned
stimulus on some dimension. (spesfic stimuli)
Higher order conditioning
when repeating the method of classic conditioning on a 3rd neutral stimulus
Systematic Desensitization
Progressive technique where you slowly replace anxiety with relaxation
Aversive Conditioning
Associate unpleasant state with unwanted behaviour
Preparedness
learn associations that
have survival value
Taste Aversions
Classically conditioned negative reactions to a
particular taste that have been associated with
illness
Operant Conditioning
Learning by associating a voluntary behavior with its consequences
learning occours when?
you recognize that one event predicts another
Reinforcement
An event that strengthens the behavior it follows
Punishment
An event that tends to decrease the behavior it follows
