Week 4 - Learning Flashcards
1
Q
What is learning?
A
Enduring changes in behaviour that occur with experience.
2
Q
Associative Learning
A
Linking two events that occur close together.
3
Q
Classical Conditioning
A
Learn to associate two stimuli, thus anticipate events.
4
Q
Operant Conditioning
A
Learn to associate response and its consequence.
5
Q
Observational Learning
A
Learn from observing others.
6
Q
How was classical conditioning discovered?
A
- Accidentally
- Ivan Pavlov
- was studying disgestion in dogs, found that they salivated when doors were opened indicating feeding time
- stimulus -> response
7
Q
Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)
A
Automatically triggers a response (e.g. food).
8
Q
Unconditioned Response (UCR)
A
Unlearned response (e.g. salivation).
9
Q
Explain the process of classical conditioning.
A
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