Learning Theory And Cognition 5 Flashcards
What is the definition of learning?
A change in behaviour based on experience
What is habituation?
The waning of a response to a repeated stimulus
What is sensitisation?
The increasing of a response to a repeated stimulus
What is the difference between operant and classical conditioning?
Classical is a trained response to a stimulus
Operant is learnt by itself through a desirable outcome- it is untrained
What is clicker training?
Started with dolphin training
Combining classical and operant conditioning
Pair the click to the treat
What is positive presentation of a stimulus?
Presentation of a pleasant stimulus or if it’s punishment it is the presentation of an unpleasant stimulus
What is negative presentation of a stimulus?
Removal of an aversive stimulus that increases the behaviour of interest, or the removal of a pleasant stimulus to decrease the behaviour of interest
When can problems occur in associative learning?
If the behaviour is associated with something else
Can effect behaviour, welfare and human animal relationship
What is extinction of a behaviour?
A conditioned response behaviour when not reinforced, can disappear
What is overshadowing/blocking?
When the association formed is so strong it can over shadow/block further learning
What is systematic desensitisation?
The animal is in comfortable conditions, exposed gradually to the problem stimulus and rewarded for staying calm/appropriate behaviour
What is counter conditioning?
Present rewarding stimulus at the same time as aversive, learns that aversive predicts good
