Associative Learning

Question 1

What is associative learning

Answer 1

Learning the relationship between 2 events

Question 2

Classical/pavlovian associative learning

Answer 2

Learning one event leads to another

Question 3

Operant/intrumental conditioning associative learning

Answer 3

Learning our own actions have a cause and effect.

Question 4

Second order conditioning

Answer 4

Where a repeated experience causes physical feelings/symptoms

Eg: chemo causing sickness, so patients feel sick before chemo/associations with hospitals

Question 5

Secondary conditioning and generalisation

Answer 5

Associating similar scenarios/places/senses with a previous experience and feeling symptoms triggered by the previous experience.

Eg: cancer patient goes to dentist and similar clinical scenario causes sickness due to secondary conditioning with chemo

Question 6

Law of effect

Answer 6

Behaviors that are followed by good things are associated with gppd things

Question 7

Negative reinforcement

Answer 7

Increases responding, more sickness, more adversity eg: chemo causing sickness

Question 8

Punishment

Answer 8

Decreases responding