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Lecture 25 Flashcards

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1
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What question did Edward Thorndike attempt to answer?

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How do we learn new behaviours

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What did Edward Thorndike use?

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A puzzle box

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What is the Law of Effect?

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Responses that are followed by satisfying consequences are more likely to reoccur

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What is Operant Conditioning?

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A type of learning in which behavior is influenced by it’s consequences

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What is a Skinner Box?

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A device designed by BF skinner to automatically reinforce certain actions while keeping a record of behavior

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What are the two components of a skinner box?

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Reinforcement

Punishment

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What is Skinners ABC?

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Antecedent
Behaviour
Consequence

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What is Antecedent?

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A stimulus is presented before behavior occurs

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What is Behaviour?

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Something the organism does

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What is Consequence?

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Something that follows from the behavior

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What is Classical Conditioning?

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Involved learning an association between two stimuli (CS-UCS) that occur before a particular behavior

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What is Operant Conditioning?

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Involved learning an association between a particular behaviour and consequence, with the consequence occuring after the behaviour

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What is Positive Reinforcment?

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When a response is strengthened by presentation of a pleasant/desired stimulus

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What is Negative reinforcement?

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Response is strengthened by removal of an aversive stimulus

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What is Positive punishment?

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Weakening a response by introducing something unpleasant (spanking, nagging)

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What happens as a result of positive punishment?

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Can encourage people to simply find ways to hide their behavior rather than strictly eliminating it

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What is Negative Punishment?

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Weakening response by removal of something valued (e.g. TV, bike)

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What are Primary Reinforcers?

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Stimuli that are reinforcing because they satisfy/disrupt biological needs (food, pain)

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What are Secondary Reinforcers?

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Acquire reinforcing properties through association with primary reinforcers (money, tokens)

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When should Reinforcement/Punishment occur to have the strongest effect?

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Immediately after the behaviour

21
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What is Delay of Gratification?

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The ability to forego an immediate smaller reward for a delayed but more satisfying outcome

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What is Operant Extinction?

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Weakening/disappearance of operant response if no longer reinforced

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What is Operant Generalization?

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Operant response extended to new antecedent stimulus/situation

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What is Operant Discrimination?

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Operant response withheld from new antecedent stimulus/situation

25
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What is Shaping?

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When the behavior of an organisms is already able to do that somehow resembles the eventual goal but is much easier

26
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What is Chaining?

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When a very specific sequence of responses is reinforced in steps

27
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What is Fixed Schedule?

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When reinforcement is entirely predictable

28
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What is Fixed Ratio?

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Reinforcement occurs after completing a constant number of responses

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What is Fixed Interval?

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Reinforcement is available after a constant length of time

30
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What is Variable Schedule?

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When reinforcement is not predictable

31
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What is Variable Ratio?

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Reinforcement occurs after a changing number of responses

32
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What is Variable Interval?

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Reinforcement is available after a changing length of time

33
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What is Continuous reinforcment?

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When every response of a particular type is reinforced

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What is Partial Reinforcment?

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When only some responses are reinforced

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