Types Of Learning

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Habit

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An action that is performed repeatedly until it becomes automatic

Question 2

Habituation

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A decrease in response to stimulus after repeated presentations

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Dishabituation

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Occurs when a previously habituated stimulus is removed. The person is no longer accustomed to the stimulus. If presented again, person will react as if it was a new stimulus or respond more strongly than before

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Sensitization

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Opposite of habituation. An increase in responsiveness due to a repeated application of a stimulus or a particularly aversive or noxious stimulus. The stimulus produced a more exaggerated response

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Associative learning

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A process of learning in which one event, object or action is directly connected with another. Examples are classical conditioning and operant conditioning

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Classical conditioning

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Ivan Pavlov. Dogs salivate at the sound of s ringing bell. Stimulus food AND bell, response eventually was salivating at the sound of a bell. When two stimuli are paired in such a way that the response to one of the stimuli changes

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Neutral stimulus

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A stimulus that doesn’t initially elicit any intrinsic response. (Sound of the bell prior to the experiment)

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Unconditioned stimulus

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Stimulus that elicits and unconditional response. (Presentation of the food(US) and salvation of the dog(UR))

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Conditioned stimulus

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Originally a neutral stimulus(bell) that is paired with a unconditioned stimulus(food) until it can produce the conditioned response(salivation) without the unconditioned stimulus (food)

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Conditioned response

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The learned response to the conditioned stimulus. Same as the unconditioned response but occurs without the unconditioned stimulus. Ex: salivation at the sound of the bell

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Acquisition

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The process of learning the conditioned response. Time when bell and food are paired

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Extinction

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When conditioned and unconditioned stimuli are no longer paired, so the conditioned response stops occurring. If sound is presented to the dogs over and over without ever being paired with food, dogs will eventually stop salivating

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Spontaneous recovery

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When an extinct conditioned response occurs again when the the conditioned stimulus is presented after some period of time

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Generalization

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When stimuli other than original conditioned stimulus elicit the conditioned response. So a chime or doorbell instead of the original bell

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Discrimination

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Opposite of generalization. Occurs when the conditioned stimulus is differentiated from other stimuli

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Taste aversion

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Eating a food and becoming ill causes a strong aversion to that food. Short acquisition phase, long extinction phase

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Operant conditioning

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BF Skinner. Uses reinforcement(pleasurable consequences) and punishment (unpleasant consequences) to mold behavior and cause associative learning

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Reinforcement

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Anything that will increase the likelihood that a preceding behavior will be repeated; the behavior is supported by a reinforcement

Better than punishment because it tells what to do instead of what not to do

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Positive reinforcement

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A positive stimulus that occurs immediately following a behavior. Food pellet dropped when the rat pushed the lever. Rat repeated desired behavior

ADDS

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Negative reinforcement

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A negative stimulus that is REMOVED immediately following a behavior. Negative shock being removed was the negative reinforcement. Caused rat to push lever to remove undesirable stimulus

SUBTRACTS

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Part of the brain associated with positive conditioning

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Hippocampus

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Part of the brain associated with negative conditioning

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Amygdala

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Primary (unconditioned) reinforcer

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Satisfying or desirable. Integral to survival. Don’t need to learn to see as reinforcers, already do

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Secondary (conditioned) reinforcer

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Those learned to be reinforcers. Musts be paired with a primary reinforcer

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Fixed ratio schedule (intermittent reinforcement schedule)

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Provides reinforcement after a set number of instances of the behavior. Rat pushed level rapidly to get food if it only comes out every 29 times

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Variable-ratio schedule (intermittent reinforcement schedule)

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Provides reinforcement after an unpredictable number of occurrences**. Example is gambling

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Fixed interval schedule (intermittent reinforcement schedule)

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Provides reinforcement after a set period of time that is constant. Behavior increases as the interval comes to an end. Knowing boss only walks by at the top of every hour so worker becomes more effective at that time

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Variable interval schedule (intermittent reinforcement schedule)

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Provides reinforcement after an inconsistent amount of time**. Produces slow steady behavior response rate. So employee works at a steady effluent manner

Question 29

Shaping

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Is a way learn more complex behaviors by breaking them down and reinforcing the pieces of a puzzle until the whole behavior is strung together

Question 30

Punishment

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The process by which a behavior is followed by a consequence that DECREASES the likelihood that a behavior will be repeated

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Positive punishment

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The application, or pairing, of a negative stimulus with a behavior. Example: cadet speaking out of turn in bootcamp= 20 push-ups

ADDS

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Negative punishment

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Removal of a reinforcing stimulus after the behavior has occurred. Example child getting grounded and losing TV privilege

SUBTRACTS

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Escape-type of operant learning

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An individual learns to get away from an adverse stimulus by engaging in a particular behavior. Ex: child throws temper tantrum so she doesn’t have to eat vegetables. Parents by not making them eat the food, child knows they can do it again.

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Avoidance -type of operant learning

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When a person performs a behavior to ensure an aversive stimulus is not presented. Child sees mom is making veggies, fakes an illness so mom sends them to bed and they don’t have to eat the veggies

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Nonassociative learning

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When an organism is repeatedly exposed to one type of stimulus. Learning that occurs in the absence of associating specific stimuli or events. Two important types are habituation and sensitization.

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Behaviorism

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All psychological phenomena I explained by describing the observable antecedents of behaviors and its consequences. Behaviorism is not concerned with the unobservable events occurring in the mind. Skinner, brain is a black box

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Cognitive psychology

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A reaction to behaviorism. Researchers began to focus on the brain cognitions and their effect on how people navigate the world.

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Insight learning

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The term used to describe when previously learned behaviors are suddenly combined in unique ways. For a child to behaviors of sliding on the belly and using a grabbing tool for previously reinforced because he got the toy you wanted each time. A new situation was presented in the toy was out of reach under the bed and he was able to combine previous reinforce behavior in the novel way on his own to attain the desired outcome.

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Latent learning

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Something is learn but not expressed as an observable behavior until it is required. For example if a child in school always receives a ride to school from his dad he may lately learn the route to school even though he never demonstrates the knowledge. One day when his dad is on a business trip the child is able to navigate to school along the same route by bike

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Consolidation

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When short term memory is converted into long-term memory

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Long-term potentiation

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Occurs when, following brief periods of stimulation, an increase in the synaptic strength between two neurons leads to stronger electrochemical responses to a given stimuli

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Long-term memory storage

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New synaptic connections between neurons, permanent changes in pre-and post synaptic membrane, and a permanent increase or decrease in neurotransmitter synthesis.

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Innate

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Things we know how to do instinctively not because someone taught us to do them.

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Observational learning/social learning/vicarious learning

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Learning through watching and imitating others

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Modeling

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An observer sees the behavior being performed by another person. later with the model in mind, the observer imitates the behavior he observed

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Albert Bandura

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A pioneer in the field of observational learning. Conducted a series of experiments using a Bobo doll. Show children videos of adults behaving aggressively towards the dog or ignoring them altogether. The children tended to imitate the behavior they saw

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Mirror neurons

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There are several hypotheses about them.some believe that they are activated by connecting the site in action of movement. Some believe that they help us understand the actions of others and help us to learn through invitation. Some also believe that they are responsible for vicarious emotions such as Empathy in that a problem in the mirror neuron system my underlie disorders such as autism