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Learning |
A relatively permanent Change in an organism that occurs as a result of experiences in an environment |
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Classical |
Prepares us for what's going to happen next |
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Operant |
Learning through rewards and punishments |
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Cognitive |
Learning by observing others |
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Habituite |
We repeat the same behaviors |
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Assosicate learning |
Learning that certain events happen together |
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Unconditioned stimulus |
A stimulus that causes a response that is automatic no learned |
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Unconditioned response |
An automatic response to a stimulus |
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Conditioned response |
A learned response to a stimlus that was previously neutral or meaningless |
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Conditioned stimulus |
Learned response to a neutral stimulus |
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Neutral stimulus |
Doesn't cause a response and had nothing to do with it |
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2 things that matter in classical conditioning |
Timing and frequency |
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Generalization |
An ability for an organism to responded to similar but distinct stimuli |
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Discrimination |
Ability to respond differently to different stimuli |
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Extinction |
When the conditioned response dies out |
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Spontaneous recovery |
When the conditioned response dies out but comes back not at its original strenght |
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Higher order conditioning |
Procedure where the conditioned stimulus is paired with a new stimulus creating a 2nd or often weaker conditioned stimulus |
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Garcia effect |
Exposed rats to radiation making them sick. He gave them sugar water after. Only took them one time to realize they didn't like it. Taste iversion |
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Operant conditioning |
Learning from the consequence of behavior |
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Skinner box |
Skinner put mouse in box. Mouse presses button and gets food. |
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Law of effect |
If a response produces a satisfying effect it is likely to occur again |
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reinforcement |
stimulus of event that increases the likely hood that a behavior will happen |
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types of reinforcement Primary reinforcer |
survival: food water work |
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types of reinforcement secondary reinforcer |
money attention; learned |
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Positive reinforcement |
increases frequency of behavior |
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negative reinforcement |
increases frequency of behavior because you are taking something painful away |
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punishment |
decreases the frequency of a behavior; can lead to anger and hostility |
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continuous reinforcement |
reinforcement each and every time |
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partial reinforcement |
rewarding here and there |
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interval schedules |
amount of times inforced |
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fixed internal schedules |
an exact amount of time that passes be each reinforcement |
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variable internal schedules |
varying time that passes between each reinforcement |
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ratio schedules |
number of correct responses |
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fixed ration schedules |
reinforcements of number of times |
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variable ration schedules |
after a varied number of responses |
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observational learning |
learned by observing others |
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latent learning |
learning that remains hidden until it is needed |
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albert bandura |
bobo doll; said that we acquire knowledge and skills by observing and imitating others |
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modeling |
learn by watching others |
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vicarious reinforcement |
learning through someone else or through somebody else getting rewared |
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token economies |
rewarding one for good behaviors |
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personal contracts |
making deals with ones self: "if...then..." |
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know differences between pos and neg reinforcements |
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