Week 8 Lecture Slides (Ch. 7) Flashcards
What is preparedness?
through evolution, organisms are pre-wired to easily learn behaviours that are neccessary for their survival ehich differs between organisms
What is an example of conditioning and tolerance interacting?
In the Rescorla-Wagner (1972) model, what is backwards conditioning?
What are the two most important types of consequences in operant behaviour?
- Reinforcement
- Punishment
Who is the founder of classical conditioning?
Watson (1913)
What is the implication of classical conditioning and fear?
Phobias are learned, they can be unlearned
- If a phobia was learned through classical conditioning then exposure to that condition under neutral and positive circumstances should be a form of treatment
- exposure therapies
In operant conditioning, what are response likelihoods?
example
- positive reinforcement
- negative reinforcement
- positive punishment
- negative punishment
What is latent learning?
learning that occurs but is not demonstrated until there is an incentive to perform.
May learn how to do something but not display that knowledge outwardly until a future time.
may lead to rapid reduction in errors
What is positive punishment?
A response is weakened by the subsequent presentation of a stimulus
Why might a variable partial schedule be better than a fixed partial schedule?
Scallops disappear in variables and lead to more reliable and consistent responding.
What is an example of stimulus generalization?
In the Rescorla-Wagner (1972) model, what is blocking?
In operant behaviour where does the association occur?
Between behaviour and its consequence
What is another term for classical conditioning?
pavlovian conditioning
How does habituation differ from sensory adaptation?
habituation is a form of learning that occurs within thr CNS
What is behaviour influenced by?
an organisms evolutionary history
How migh habituation be bad for druf addiction?
Habituation is a troublesome part of drug addiction. Long term drug users can ‘handle’ doses that to new drug users would be lethal (Baker & Tiffany, 1985). Repeated consumption leads to increasingly less and less reward…
In classical conditioning, what is discrimination?
Refers to a CR that occurs for one stimulus but not to others
- detect differences between stimuli
How is learning measured?
by changes in performance
What is habituation?
decrease in the strength of response to a repeated stimuli
- moderate intensity
- infrequent repetitions
- long term effect
Describe second order conditioning
occurs in advertising, in which previous (and assumedly positive) associations we have with celebrities are exploited.
- is starting to occur in other domains including political, environmental, and, medical decision making
What is the absolute threshold?
A minimum amount of stimulation is required to evoke a perceptual sensation
What is a constraint on the classical conditioning theory?
learned taste aversions
What is high order conditioning?
With a neutral stimulus becomes a CS after being paired with an already established CS
- The CR for the neutral stimulus will usually diminish more rapidly than the original CS
How does habituation serve as a key adaptive function?
by learning not to respond to uneventful familiar stimuli, organims conserve energy and can attend to other stimuli that are important
What does celebrity endorsement rely on?
relies on principles of classical conditioning, specifically conditioned stimulus-response relationships.
Describe the unconditioned stimlus
The stimulus that innately elicits a response
Describe the conditioned response
A response elicited by a stimulus which depends on past learning
What is a Just Noticeable Differnce (JND) stimulation?
A minimum amount of differential stimulation required to note the change between sensations
In classical conditioning what is extinction?
If the CS is presented repeatedly in the absence of the UCS then the CS will eventually diminish and disappear
- Each presentation of the CS without the UCS is called the extinction trial
- Association is replaced not forgotten
In classical conditioning what is spontaneous recovery?
If the CS-US relationship starts up again, then the CR can return, albeit in a weaker form
- Recovery of the CS without a learning trial
In classical condition, what is Acquisition?
Refers to the period during which the response is learned
- US-CS associations are not always natural and so can take time to develop. The close temporal proximity of US-CS strengthens the acquisition of the bond.
What key adaptive function does classical conditioning perform?
alerts organisms to stimuli that signals the impending arrival of an important event
What is threshold stimuli?
Minimum amount of information required to evoke perceptual sensation