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Learning

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Permanent Changes in the way I think and act or knowledge due to experience or training vs innate knowledge
Caused by some type of interaction w/ my environment
No innate factors cuz it involves changes through experience

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Classical conditioning

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IVAN PAVLOV

Organisms learn by establishing connections(associationism) between events and or stimuli

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Unconditioned stimulus (US)

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Any stimulus which invokes the natural/reflexive response
Reflexes: Innate responses/reactions to a stimulus
Unlearned ex. Pain

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Unconditioned response (UR)

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The natural or reflexive response to the unconditioned stimulus
Ex. Avoidance

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Neutral stimulus (Ns)

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Any event or object which does not evoke any natural response
Ex. Wasp

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Conditioned stimulus (CS)

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A formerly neutral stimulus which after association with an unconditioned stimulus produces a conditioned response
Ex. Wasp stings us giving us pain

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Conditioned response (CR)

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The learned response to a conditioned stimulus based on our experience with our environment

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Extinction (classical conditioning)

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When the unconditioned stimulus is separated from the conditioned stimulus
resulting, overtime in the elimination of the conditioned response

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Spontaneous recovery

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For no apparent reason, a conditioned response will re-appear after it has been extinguished

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Generalization

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Unlearned/neutral stimulus and pair it with a similar stimulus that we had which we been conditioned to generalize
Ex. Look at fly and looks like a wasp so we avoid it

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Discrimination

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The ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and other similar stimuli
I’m

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Higher order conditioning

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When a conditioned stimulus is paired with a neutral stimulus which results in the same condition response
Ex. Wasp live in a tree and we experience pain, we then learn to associate a tree with The wasp making tree become conditioned stimulus

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Classical conditioning

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IVAN PAVLOV

Organisms learn by establishing connections(associationism) between events and or stimuli

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Unconditioned stimulus (US)

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Any stimulus which invokes the natural/reflexive response
Reflexes: Innate responses/reactions to a stimulus
Unlearned ex. Pain

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Unconditioned response (UR)

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The natural or reflexive response to the unconditioned stimulus
Ex. Avoidance

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Neutral stimulus (Ns)

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Any event or object which does not evoke any natural response
Ex. Wasp

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Conditioned stimulus (CS)

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A formerly neutral stimulus which after association with an unconditioned stimulus produces a conditioned response
Ex. Wasp stings us giving us pain

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Conditioned response (CR)

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The learned response to a conditioned stimulus based on our experience with our environment

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Extinction (classical conditioning)

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When the unconditioned stimulus is separated from the conditioned stimulus
resulting, overtime in the elimination of the conditioned response

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Spontaneous recovery

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For no apparent reason, a conditioned response will re-appear after it has been extinguished

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Generalization

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Unlearned/neutral stimulus and pair it with a similar stimulus that we had which we been conditioned to generalize
Ex. Look at fly and looks like a wasp so we avoid it

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Discrimination

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The ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and other similar stimuli
Ex. We see a difference in the fly and the wasp so we don’t avoid it

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Higher order conditioning

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When a conditioned stimulus is paired with a neutral stimulus which results in the same condition response
Ex. Wasp live in a tree and we experience pain, we then learn to associate a tree with The wasp making tree become conditioned stimulus

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Regarding making associations

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Innate skill
“Quick and dirty” survival mechanism (ex. Wasp=pain)
Does not always reflect cause-and-effect
Can condition disordered, phobic, and /or superstitious behaviors

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John Watson

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established the behavioral approach to psychology in American
only observable behavior = science
Rejects or ignores mental states or thought processes
Dominant in America (especially education)

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Little Albert experiment

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Watsons famous experiment

Proved he could condition the behavior of fear in a

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Operant learning

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B.F. SKINNER

Harvard professor who showed how a behavior is determined by the consequences which follows the behavior

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Positive reinforcement

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Anything that increases “ADDED” the likelihood that a behavior will be repeated
Ex. A reward or bonus for good behavior
good grades or praise for academic effort

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Negative reinforcement

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Anything that is removed that will increase the likelihood that a behavior will be repeated
Ex. Getting home before curfew to take away the possibility of being grounded or
I study so the treat of not getting into college goes away

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Primary reinforcers

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Anything that is a natural, innate, or unlearned reinforce
Ex. Food
Sex

Ex. Donut

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Secondary reinforcers

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A learned reinforce
reinforcer that is paired with the primary reinforcer
Ex. Go to class so u can get a donut

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Token economy

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A subject behaves in a particular way in order to earn a token/coupon which may be used to purchase a primary reinforcer

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Continuous reinforcement

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Want to subject is reinforced EVERYTIME he or she provides an appropriate response

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Intermittent reinforcement

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When A subject is reinforced RANDOMLY

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Fixed ratio

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When to subject is reinforced after SET number of RESPONSES

Ex. For every 10 coffees I buy I get one free

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Fixed interval

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When a subject is reinforced after a SET period of TIME

Ex. Every Friday at Starbucks I get 50% off for every coffee I buy

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Variable ratio

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When a subject is reinforced after a RANDOM number of RESPONSE
Ex. I gamble at a slot machine because, after random number of attempts I might win some money

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Variable interval

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When a subject is reinforced after RANDOM period of TIME

Ex. Even though the fish are continually biting, I wait because, at some point one will

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Shaping

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Progressively modeling or training an organism to perform a specific response by reinforcing any responses that inclined toward or approximate the desired response

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Punishment

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Anything that decreases the likelihood of the behavior being repeated

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Positive punishment

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Stoping behavior by administering something adverse

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Negative punishment

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Stopping behavior by removing something positive

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Law of effect

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EDWARD THORNDIKE
Columbia university professor
Behavior associated with a desirable consequence is likely to be repeated in the same situation

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Observational learning

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ALFRED BANDURA
Currently a professor at Stanford
When a subject learns by observing the behaviors of others

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BANDURA social-cognitive theory

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Learning and the result of observation in modeling

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Bobo doll experiment

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Lowered inhibitions
Imitated specific behaviors
Increased aggression

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