Learning Flashcards
Learning
Behavior
Memory
Cognitive
Behaviorists focused on…
stimulus and responses
large use of animals
Habituation
Reduced responding to stimulus that becomes familiar
Unconditioned stimulus
unconditioned response
Neutral Stimulus
Unconditioned Response
Conditioned Stimulus
Conditioned Response
Example
Dog and Bell and Food
Long- Term Potentiation (LTP)
Strengthen neural connections
Temporary
Typically seen in hypocampus
Temporal Conditioning
When conditioning stimulus comes at regular time intervals
Establishing Associations
Continuity
Contingency
Learning requires contingency not continuity
Continuity
Close in time
Contingency
CS is predictive, apart from events that are constant or intermittent
Phenomena
Acquisition Extinction Spontaneous Recovery Savings Generalization Discrimination Higher Order Conditioning Blocking
Acquisition
Takes time for association to form; learning curve
Extinction
If continue to do unconditioned stimulus without conditioned it will go away
Generalization
If similar, will still respond
Blocking
After unconditioned stimulus is learned if you add another at the same time it will not learn second
Little Albert
Not afraid of much but afraid of loud noises
Would hit metal with hammer when shown certain things
Conditioned to dislike certain things
Systematic Desensitization
Eliminating phobias
Learned Helplessness
Kids in abusive homes
Conditioned Drug Tolerance
O.D. when in a different context
