Learning Flashcards
What is condition behaviour?
Something we learn
What is learning?
Learning is a relatively permanent change in behaviour due to experience
What is unconditioned behaviour?
Something we do naturally
What is classical conditioning?
UCS—–>UCR
UCS+ NS —–> UCR
CS—–> CR
Classical conditioning is learning by association.
Why is the little Albert experiment?
Loud noise———-> Little Albert (fear)
UCS UCR
Loud noise+Rat—–>Little Albert (Fear) UCS+NS UCR
Rat——————->Little Albert( fear) Cs CR
What is extinction?
When a conditioned response dies out (forgotten)
What is spontaneous recovery?
A condition response that has disappeared but suddenly appears again.
What is generalisation?
What the conditioned response is produced when a similar stimulus to the original conditioned stimulus is presented.
What is discrimination?
The conditioned response is only produced when specific stimulus is presented.
Pavlov’s dogs continued…
Generalisation: At first the dogs here the bell they drool, when they hear similar sounding bell they still drool.
Extinction: When Pavlov rings the bell the dogs drool and he feeds them, then after a while he only rang the bell, the dogs drooled at first but after a while they stopped drooling.
Spontaneous recovery: Pavlov then rang the bell after a year and the dogs drooled.
When Pavlov rang the bell the dogs drooled then he rang a different sounding bell and the dogs didn’t drool.
What is a application of classical conditioning?
Companies use famous people to advertise clothes such as underwear so you will associate yourself with them.
Describe the classical conditioning process
Classical conditioning is learning by association. Initially there is unconditioned stimulus which causes a unconditioned response. Then the unconditioned stimulus is associated with the neutral stimulus which causes a unconditioned response. the neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus which results in a conditioned response.
What is operant conditioning?
Operant conditioning is learning by consequence.
What is Thorndike’s law of effect?
Thorndike’s puts a cat in a box, it wanders around a little and accidentally pulls the leaver and the door opens, they then out the cat in the box again and it’s reaction is quicker and each time it’s reaction gets faster and faster.
What is positive reinforcement?
A reward or a pleasant consequence that increase the likelihood that behaviour or action will be repeated.
