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Topic 4: Learning Flashcards

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What is learning?

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  • enduring change due to response of an experience
  • change/adaptation to behaviour
  • can change the way we perceive, think, feel, act
  • cannot be observed directly = inferred from behaviour observed
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What are the 3 main types of learning?

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  1. classical conditioning
  2. operant conditioning
  3. modelling/observational learning (cognitive-social)
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What is classical conditioning (CC)?

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learning of a new association/relationship between two previously unrelated stimuli

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What is only applied to CC?

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reflexes and autonomic responses

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What is the process of CC?

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stimulus elicit sensory/behavioural response + automatic reflexive response = behavioural response outside out conscious awareness

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Who is associated with CC?

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Ivan Pavlov - salivating dogs - Pavlovian Conditioning
John Watson (behaviourism) - little Albert - reflexive emotional response
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Model of CC

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Prior:
UCS (meat) - UCR (salivation)
NS (bell) - No UCR (no salivation)

During:
NS (bell) - UCS (meat) - UCR (saltivation)

After:
CS (bell) - CR (salivation)

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What is operant conditioning (OC)?

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learning of a new association between behaviour and its consequences = voluntary response
reinforcement + punishment

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OC and reinforcement

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INCREASES likelihood of future behaviour
+ reinforcement = pleasant stimulus
- reinforcement = removal of aversive stimulus

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OC and punishment

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DECREASES likelihood of future behaviour
+ punishment = aversive stimulus
- punishment = removal of pleasant stimulus

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Who is associated with OC?

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B.F Skinner - skinner box; rats and reward system

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Problems of punishment

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learner may not understand which behaviour is being punished, fear the ‘punisher’, may not undo existing rewards for a behaviour, punitive aggression = future aggression

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Schedules of reinforcement

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how often and when we receive reinforcement

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Continuous reinforcement

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behaviour reinforced every time it occurs, best used during initial learning

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Intermittent/partial reinforcement

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behaviour reinforced part of the time, more difficult to extinguish

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Ratio schedule

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fixed ratio - reinforcement after certain # of responses = high response rate

variable ratio - reinforcement after varying # of responses = higher response rate, resilient against extinction

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Interval schedules

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fixed interval - reinforcement after specific time period has passed = low response rate

variable interval - reinforcement after first response and then varying time periods = stable response rate

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Real world OC examples

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behavioural modification (remedial education, therapy for ASD)
behavioural therapy (quitting smoking)
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What is cognitive-social learning?

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role of thought + social learning on behaviour

observational & modelling

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What is observational learning?

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learn by observing behaviour of others (models), with/out CC and OC

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What is modelling?

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reproduce/copy another’s behaviour
imitation depends on prestige of model, likeability, attractiveness, whether model is rewarded/punished for behaviour (vicarious conditioning)

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Who is associated with cognitive-social learning?

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Albert Bandura - bobo doll experiment

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Stimulus generalisation and discrimination (CC)

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if a response is conditioned to one stimulus, the organism may also respond to a similar stimulus (generalisation) but not to a disimilar stimulus (discrimination)

Eg: little albert conditioned fear of rats generalised to other furry white objects

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Habituation

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DECREASE in behavioural response when stimulus is presented repeatedly

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Sensitisation

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INCREASE in behavioural response when stimulus is presented repeatedly

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Extinction

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learned inhibition response - not unlearning
CR becomes weaker when CS is presented without UCS = response has extinguished
eg: treating phobias

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Spontaneous recovery

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re-emergence of previously extinguished CR

time passing/new context following extinction can partially renew CR

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