Learning and Memory Flashcards
Differential reinforcement of other behaviors (DRO)
provide reinforcement for engagement in behaviors other than the target behavior (in order to reduce the target behavior)
What is the law of effect? Who is associated with it?
Any behavior followed by pleasant consequences is likely to be repeated and behaviors that result in unpleasant consequences are less likely to be repeated. Thorndike
what is transfer of training
Learning in one setting is translated to similar setting (e.g., learning to fly airplane on a sim, then transfer to actual plane)
Tendency to remember material better if the state matches that of when the material was learned
state-dependent learning
Habituation
repeated exposure to UCS results in decrease in UCR
Classical extinction
repeated presentation of CS without UCS
Satiation
reinforcer loses value over time
operant extinction
withholding reinforcement for a previously reinforced behavior
Primary reinforcers
reinforce everyone regardless of age or culture
Secondary reinforcers
acquire value only through experience
Generalized conditioned reinforcers
money or tokens, reinforcement value is based on their ability to gain access to other reinforcers
Discriminative stimulus
signals whether a reward or punishment will be given
Who is associated with social learning theory?
Bandura
Process by which short-term memories become long-term memories
long-term potentiation (LTP) through repeated stimulation of a synapse leading to chemical and structural changes in the receiving neuron dendrite
Anterograde memory loss
Ability to remember new information
