Learning And Conditioning: Chapter 7

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Instrumental Learning/ operant conditioning

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The ability to learn about the relationship between behaviors and consequences

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Procedure of operant conditioning

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Involves three things (1) an environment context, (2) a behavior in that context (3) an event that follows that behavior (the consequence).

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Appetitive events

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Things an individual seeks

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Aversive events

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Things the individual finds unpleasant and seeks to avoid

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Procedure of operant conditioning

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The presentation of consequences when the individual engages in a designated behavior or behavior pattern in a given situation or context

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Phenomenon of operant conditioning

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The observed change in behavior after an individual experiences the procedure of operant conditioning; that is, when behaviors followed by some events (such as food, money, approval safety) are more likely to occur again, or behaviors followed by other events ( such as shock, reprimands, loss of privileges) are less likely to occur again

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Cumulative Record

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The total number of behaviors that have occurred to that point in time is plotted against time

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Magazine Training

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The procedure for teaching rats to approach the food tray when they hear the food dispenser ( or food magazine) drop a pellet in the food tray

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Extinction

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Procedure of discontinuing the consequence

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Extinction

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Procedure of discontinuing the consequence

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Spontaneous recivery

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The phenomenon of a procedure or consequence reoccurring with reintroduction after an extended period of extinction

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Extinction

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Procedure of discontinuing the consequence

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Spontaneous recovery

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The phenomenon of a procedure or consequence reoccurring with reintroduction after an extended period of extinction

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Shaping

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Rewarding closer and closer approximations to the final behavior

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Chaining(backward chaining)

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The last action in the sequence is trained first, and each preceding action is added one at a time until the entire chain of actions is performed

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Procedure of reinforcement

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The presentation of a certain class of stimulus events in a temporal relation with either a stimulus or a behavior

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Reinforcing Stimulus (reinforcer)

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A stimulus or stimulus event that has the ability to produce a change in the strength of a reflex or behavior by virtue of its relationship to a CS( in Pavlovian conditioning) or a behavior (in operant conditioning )