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Unit 3 - Classical and Operant Conditioning Flashcards

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Learning

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Relatively permanent change in organism’s behavior due to experience.

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Classical Conditioning

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(Ivan Pavlov) Organisms can come to associate two different stimuli together

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Neutral Stimulus

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Stimulus which initially produces no specific response other than focusing attention.

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Unconditioned Stimulus

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Stimulus that unconditionally (automatically) and naturally triggers a response.

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Unconditioned Response

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Unlearned, naturally occurring response to the unconditioned stimulus.

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Conditioned Stimulus

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After association with an unconditioned stimulus, it comes to trigger a conditioned response.

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Conditioned Response

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Learned response to a previously neutral conditioned stimulus.

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Acquisition

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Neutral stimulus comes to elicit a conditioned response; an organism learns a behavior

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Higher Order Conditioning

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The conditioned stimulus (CS) is one conditioning experience is paired with a new neutral stimulus, creating a second (often weaker) conditioned stimulus.

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Extinction

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The diminishing of a conditioned response.

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Spontaneous Recovery

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After a rest period, an extinguished conditioned response (CR) such salivation, spontaneously recovers.

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Generalization

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Tendency to respond to stimuli that is similar to the conditioned stimulus (CS)

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Discrimination

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A learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and other stimuli.

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John Garcia

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Studied taste aversion in rats; led to knowledge that sickness and taste preferences can be conditioned

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Taste Aversion

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Associates the taste of a certain food with symptoms caused by a toxic, spoiled, or poisonous substance.

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John B. Watson

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Believed in objective science/ behaviorism.

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Behaviorism

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The study of behavior without reference to unobservable mental processes.

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Little Albert Experiment

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Conditioned fear into an infant; Albert generalized his fears to other furry objects.

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Robert Rescorla

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The consistency of the pairing between two stimuli influences the strength of the connection between two stimuli.

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E.L. Thorndike Law of Effect/ Puzzle Box

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The probability of an action being repeated is strengthened when followed by a pleasant or satisfying consequence.

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Operant Conditioning

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Behavior is strengthened if followed by reinforcement or diminished if followed by punishment.

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Operant Chamber

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(B.F. Skinner) Bar or key that an animal manipulates to obtain a reinforcer.

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Shaping

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Procedure in which reinforcers guide behavior towards the desired target behavior through successive approximations.

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Discriminative Stimulus

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Stimulus that elicits a response after association with reinforcement.

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Positive Reinforcement

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Any event that strengthens the behavior it follows; added strength.

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Negative Reinforcement

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The removal of an aversive stimulus; it strengthens the behavior; aversive stimulus is taken away.

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Punishment

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Aversive event that decreases the behavior that it follows.

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Positive Punishment

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Adding (or presenting) a stimulus that weakens a response.

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Negative Punishment

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Taking away (or removing) a stimulus that weakens a response.

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Primary Reinforcer

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An innately reinforcing stimulus like food or drinking; Ex. candy.

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Secondary Reinforcer

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A learned reinforcer that gets in reinforcing power through association with the primary reinforcer; Ex. money, good grades.

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Immediate Reinforcer

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Reinforcer that occurs instantly after a behavior; Ex. food pellets.

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Delayed Reinforcer

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Reinforcer that is delayed in time for a certain behavior; Ex. paycheck

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Respondent Behavior

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Behavior that occurs as an automatic response to some stimulus.

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Operant Behavior

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Behavior that operates on the environment, producing consequences.

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Fixed Ratio

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Reinforces a response only after a specified number of responses; Ex. piecework pay.

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Variable Ratio

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Reinforces a response after an unpredictable number of responses; Ex. gambling, fishing.

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Fixed Interval

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Reinforces a response only after a specified time has elapsed; Ex. biweekly paychecks.

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Variable Interval

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Reinforces a response at unpredictable time intervals; Ex. pop quizzes.

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