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Types of Psychological Learning

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classical conditioning, operant conditioning, cognitive learning

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Classical Conditioning

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pairing a neutral stimulus with a stimulus to produce a new response (happens automatically)

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Unconditioned

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unlearned

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Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)

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stimulus that will produce UCR

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Unconditioned Response (UCR)

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automatic response to UCS

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Neutral Stimulus (NS)

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has nothing to do with UCS/UCR

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Learning

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any relatively permanent change in behavior that results from experience
-to measure, one performs and then the instructor makes inferences on that performance
-basic to our understanding of behavior

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Rote Learning

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memorizing information; once memorized you don’t have to think hard to recall (ex. notecards, phone #, address)

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Informal Learning

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observational learning; learning through experience (75% of all learning done this way)

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Formal Learning

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occurs in a setting where someone is teaching you directly

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Acquisition

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In classical conditioning, the initial stage, when one links a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus begins triggering the conditioned response. In operant conditioning, the strengthening of a reinforced response

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Conditioned Stimulus (CS)

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learned stimulus (same as NS)

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Conditioned Response (CR)

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UCR + NS

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Generalization

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occurs when an animal responds to a similar CS (drools with different bell)

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Discrimination

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respond differently to different stimuli (don’t drool with different bell)

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Extinction

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CS is used without UCS and response decreases

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Spontaneous Recovery

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you think extinction has happened but a after a resting period you still get a reaction (lower in strength)

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Aversive Conditioning

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conditioning fear

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Little Albert

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conditioned a 9 month old baby to be afraid of white rats

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Taste Aversion

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we can become conditioned to avoid food we ate when we got sick
-your brain thinks you were poisoned

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Operant Conditioning

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learning from the consequences of our behavior

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Law of Effect

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when behavior is rewarded -> do it again
when behavior is punished -> don’t do it again

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Edward Thorndike

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-called his work instrumental learning (OC)
-put a cat in a box that had a pole inside that would open the door if tilted

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B.F. Skinner

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most behaviors are influenced by rewards/punishments
-rats in boxes that had doors and electrical grids and food and all sorts of positive and negative reinforcement

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Reinforcer

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“bribe” a stimulus that makes a behavior more likely to occur

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Reinforcement

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act of delivering a reinforcer; increases liklihood of behavior being repeated

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Positive Reinforcement

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adding something pleasant (social approval, ice cream)

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Negative Reinforcement

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something is taken away to strengthen behavior (take ibuprofen to get rid of headache, shut off alarm when it goes off)

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Escape Learning

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process that trains a person to remove or end an unpleasant stimulus

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Avoidance Learning

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process that trains a person to avoid a situation before it becomes unpleasant

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Extinction in Operant Conditioning

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ignoring behavior instead of rewarding/punishing

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Intrinsic Reinforcer

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from within (pride/achievment)

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Extrinsic Reinforcer

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from the outside (reward/money)

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Overjustification Effect

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something that was intrinsic becomes extrinsic

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Punishment (aversive control)

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anything that makes a behavior less likely

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3 things to make a punishment most effective

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-delivered immediately after bad behavior
-administered consistently
-introduce alternatives (show right behavior)

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Positive Punishment

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adding something to situation meant to stop behavior (yelling, spanking)

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Negative Punishment (omission training)

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taking something away that you like to end a behavior (grounded, take away phone)

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Primary Punisher

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inflicts pain/discomfort (spanking)

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Secondary Punisher

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negative but not painful (sentences)

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Punishments can be bad because…

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-side effects (hate mom after getting spanked)
-avoidance of person delivering the punishment
-suppresses rather than eliminating a behavior

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Shaping

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reinforcing closer and closer to desired behavior (simple)

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Chaining

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combining learned skills into one activity (swim lessons) (complex)

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Response Chain

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learning one step at a time (hitting a nail) (complex)

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Primary Reinforcer

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satisfies basic needs (hunger, thirst, sex)

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Secondary Reinforcer

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what we have learned to value; can turn into what you want

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Generalized Reinforcer

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money

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Token Economy

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rewarding behavior with secondary reinforcment that can be turned into primary reinforcers (prisons, schools, mental hospitals)

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Premack Principle

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a more probable behavior can be used as a reinforcer for a less probable behavior ( do chores before watching TV)

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Continuous Reinforcement

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reinforce every time it occurs (more prone to extinction)

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Partial Reinforcers

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less prone to extinction (ratio vs. interval, fixed vs. variable)

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Ratio

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time

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Interval

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specific number of responses

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Variable

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average (randomized)

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Fixed-Ratio

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reinforce after a set number of responses/actions

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Fixed-Interval

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based on time that is fixed

57
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Variable-Ratio

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based on a number but that number varies (works the best)

58
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Variable-Interval

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based on average per time period

59
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Variable Schedules

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work the best (high productivity)

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Voluntary

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operant conditioning

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Automatic

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classical conditioning

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Observational Learning/Modeling

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individual learns behavior by watching others preform behavior

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Modeling

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  1. observe
  2. imitate
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Albert Bandura

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Social Learning Theory: vicarious reinforcement/punishment; one learns behavior by watching someone receive a reward or punishment

65
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Bo-Bo Doll Study

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kids age 3-6 are put in a room to play with toys with an adult
-control group:kids just play with toys and have fun
-experiment group:adults yelled and beat up bobo doll
-taken to new room with cool toys->they have to leave-> angry
-taken back to room played with toys (CG)
-taken back to room ->abusing, hitting, yelling at bobo (EG)
-boys 2x as likely to beat up bobo if they saw an adult male do it

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Latent Learning

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learning not immediately expressed (no reinforcement)

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Cognitive Maps

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mental representations of reality

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Intermittent Reinforcement

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works the best

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Insight Learning

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had an insight and were suddenly able to solve the problem

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Transfer

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transfer skills you already have to a new thing

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Practice

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repetition of a task; best to practice a little at a time than all at once

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Learned Helplessness

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“learn to give up” if pain comes no matter how hard one tries a person gives up

73
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Learned Laziness

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if rewards come without effort, a person never learns to work

74
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Learning Feedback

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finding out the results of an action or performance
-without it you may develop a skill incorrectly (talking, interviewing)

75
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Rat Maze Experiment

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Group 1: given food every time they finish the maze
Group 2: never given food
Group 3: not given food the first 10 days but thye got food on the 11th day

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