Lecture 8 - Contingency & Conditioning

Question 1

Contiguity

Answer 1

For learning to occur the response must occur in the presence of or very soon after a stimulus is presented, or an association will not occur (time).

Behaviourist approach

Question 2

Contingency

Answer 2

(Actual reinforce) refers to the predictive relationship between events.

Question 3

Positive Contingency

Answer 3

Probability of US occurring when CS present is greater than probability of US occurring without CS.

Question 4

Zero Contingency

Answer 4

Probability of US occurring when CS is present equals probability of US occurring without CS.