Learning Flashcards

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What is learning?

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Enduring change to response based on experience

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2
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Reflex

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Automatic response to environmental stimulus

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3
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Habituation

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Is leasing of an effect to an environmental stimulus

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4
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Aristotles laws of association

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How one thought becomes connected with another

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Aristotles law of contiguity

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Two events close in time together become connected

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Aristotles law of similarity

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Objects that resembles one another are likely to be associated

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UCR UCS meanings

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UCR: unconditioned response is a response to stimuli that is innate.
UCS: is stimuli that created a natural response it UCR eg. Food

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Explain how a neutral stimulus can create a CR.

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A neutral response can be paired with a UCR. Eg when food is presented you ring a bell (neutral) the CR or conditioned response is that when you hear the bell the react in the same way as your UCR to food

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9
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Explain stimulus generalisation

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When something similar to a stimulus elicited the same response. Eg when someone with an overly critical parents responds negatively to all authority figures.

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10
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GSR

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Galvanic skin response:

Measure of sweat on the skin to determine anxiety levels

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Acquisition and extinction

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Acquisition is the initial ‘learning’ of responses.
Extinction is weakening of a response by exposing a conditioned stories eg a bell without the unconditioned stimulus eg. Food.
If a bell is rung enough times without giving the dog food he will lose his associating between the bell and food

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Forward simultaneous and backward conditioning

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Whether the conditioned stimulus eg the bell is rung before, at the time or after the food is given

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13
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Blocking

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When a stimulus is not paired with an UCS

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14
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Latent inhibition

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When exposure to a CS with a UCS slows or stops an association happening. Eg if a new work colleague begins work by insulting his peers, it will take longer for that employee to condition others to like or trust him.

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15
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Latent learning

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Learning that has occurred but is not currently shown in behaviour ( possibly because of a lack of reward)

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16
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What does expectancies do to behaviour?

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A persons expectations of consequences determines likelihood of the behaviour occurring

17
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Locus control of behaviour

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Genera expectancy of whether a persons own behaviour can bring the desired outcomes

18
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Internal locus of control believe….

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They are masters of their own fate