Psc_Learning And Reward

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define LEARNING

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def.: an enduring change in behavior that results from experience
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occurs when organism benefit from experience so that their future behavior is better adapted to the environment

Front 2

define (the process of) CONDITIONING

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def.: the process in which environmental stimuli and some sort of behavioral response become connected
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2 types of conditioning

Front 3

name & define the
2 types of CONDITIONING

Back 3

1) CLASSICAL CONDITIONING
def. a type of learned response that occurs when a neutral object comes to elicit a reflexive response when it is associated with a stimulus that already produce that response
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occur when two types of events goes together, i.e. walking in the rain and getting wet
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2) OPERANT CONDITIONING
def.: a learning process in which the consequence of an action determine the likelihood that it will be performed in the future
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occurs when we learn that a behavior leads to a particular outcome, i.e. studying leads to better grades

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UR, US, CS, & CR
are CONCEPTS of:

Back 4

classical conditioning

Front 5

define UNCONDITIONED RESPONSE (UR)

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def.: a response that does not have to be learned, such as a reflex

Front 6

define UNCONDITIONED STIMULUS (US)

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def.: a stimulus that elicits a response, such as a reflex, without any prior learning

Front 7

define CONDITIONED STIMULUS (CS)

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def.: a stimulus that elicits a response after learning has taken place

Front 8

define CONDITIONED RESPONSE (CR)

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def.: a response that has been learned

Front 9

Although CR and UR are essentially the same response, they are not exactly alike. What is the difference?

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typically UR is less intense than CR

Front 10

PAVLOV

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1)physiologist
2) main research interest: salivary reflex of animal
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observation: dogs salivated before they actually got the food
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est'd concept of conditioning and attributed that to the learning process

Front 11

briefly explain PAVLOV'S STUDY

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1) present 2 stimuli together:
.one naturally eliciting salivation
.one does not normally elicit salivation
2) pair the two stimuli repeatedly
3) present only the stimulus that doe not usually elicit salivation
4) salivation occurs
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result: association of food w/bowl to elicit salivary reflex is a learned response