Psychology 111- Chapter 8 Flashcards
associative learning
associate different components together to learn the info
Neutral Stimulus
- classical conditioning
= no natural response (ex. ringing bell)
Unconditioned stimuli
- classical conditioning
= natural response (reflexive)-> start to pair them together
Conditioned Stimuli
- classical conditioning
= a previously neutral stimulus that got paired with US
Unconditioned Response
- classical conditioning
= natural reflexive response the US elicits
conditioned response
-classical conditioning
= learned response, response elicited by CS
acquisition
time period that learning is happening (when NS and US are paired)
extinction
when organism stops responding to CS
spontaneous recovery
after extinction, when organism suddenly starts responding to CS again without new pairing
generalization
when organism is confusing NS with CS (show CR to new stimulus)
discrimination
when organism can tell difference between NS and CS (can tell difference between stimulus)
Little Albert
- conditioned to fear white rats
- US= loud noise, CS= white rat, UR= crying at loud noise, CR= fear of white rat
- him showing fear of things similar to white rat= generalization
taste aversion
happens after you’ve been sick after eating a food and after, the food makes you nauseous/feel sick
- CS= food that made you sick, CR= nausea, US= sickness
- only need one pairing to pick this up
higher order conditioning
using CS as a US for a NS
latent inhibition
when individual takes longer to learn an association because they are familiar with stimulus in different context
renewal effect
when unlearned behaviors how up again in new environment
Thorndike’s Law of Effect
an organism repeats behavior that leads to positive consequences
reinforcement
leads to increase in behavior because of positive consequences
punishment
decreasing presence of behavior
positive
adding something to the situation
negative
taking something away from the situation
schedules of reinforcement
how often/when a reward/punishment is given