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learning

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the process that produces enduring changes in behavior/knowledge as a result of an experience

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conditioning

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learning associations between environment and behaviors

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Ivan Pavlov

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dog salivation experiments, studied classical conditioning

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reflex

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involuntary, automatic responses to external stimulus

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classical conditioning

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(pavlonian conditioning) behaviors elicited automatically by a stimulus, learning an association between 2 stimuli

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unconditioned stimulus

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(UCS) natural stimulus that reflexively produces a response without prior learning

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unconditioned response

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(UCR) an unlearned, reflexive response

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conditioned stimulus

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(CS) an originally neutral stimulus that elicits a reflexive response

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conditioned response

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(CR) a learned reflexive response from a previously neutral stimulus

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stimulus generalization

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stimuli that are similar (but have never been paired with the UCS) to the CS also elicit the CR

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stimulus discrimination

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CR is made to one stimulus but not to another similar stimulus

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higher-order conditioning

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CS functions as a UCS in a new conditioning trial

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extinction

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a decline in the CR when the CS is repeatedly presented without the UCS

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spontaneous recovery

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the reappearance of a previously extinguished CS after a period of rest

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John B. Watson

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thought that it was wrong to study subjective mental processes and should only study behavior (objective), founded behaviorism, later pioneered sex appeal in advertising

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behaviorism

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all human behavior is from conditioning/learning (from past experiences and environmental influence)

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3 natural unconditioned emotion-reflexes

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fear, rage, love

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Rosalie Rayner

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Watson student and assistant in the Little Albert experiments

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Little Albert

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develop a fear of furry animals in Little Albert by association with a loud clanging noise

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sexual turn-ons

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sexual responses can inadvertently become classically conditioned (like the smell of a partners cologne)

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placebo response

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a psychological/physiological reaction to a fake drug

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Robert Rescorles

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said that classical conditioning was more than a simple learned association between 2 stimuli, the conditioned stimulus must be a reliable signal that predicts the presence of the unconditioned response (tested rats and tones)

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taste aversion

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exception to general principles of classical conditioning, a classically conditioned dislike for food after becoming ill from the food, violates classical conditioning because learning occurs after 1 pairing and the UCR occurs hours after the presence of the neutral stimulus

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John Garcia

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produced taste aversions in rats in controlled lab conditions, discovered that rats are more likely to associate a painful stimulus with external stimuli and a taste stimulus with internal stimuli

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biological preparedness
organisms are predisposed to associate certain stimuli with certain responses, an association not biologically prepared occurs with great difficulty, taste aversions are very biologically prepared
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phobia
an extreme, irrational fear of a specific object/situation, Martin Seligman saw that phobias were selective (not all traumatic events become phobias), humans are more likely to fear ancient threats to their evolutionary ancestors (fear module)
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Edward L. Thorndike
investigated animal learning of voluntary behaviors based on their consequences, tested that cats used trial and error to escape a puzzle box (not human reasoning)
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law of effect
reponses that lead to satisfaction become strengthened while responses that lead to unpleasantries become weakened (less likely to occur again)
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B.F. Skinner
behaviorist, searched for a lawful process to explain the order in behavior (classically conditioning is limited to reflexive behaviors)
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operant
an active behavior that operates on the environment to generate a consequence
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operant conditioning
changing the probability that a response will repeat by manipulating the consequences
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reinforcement
a stimulus/event that occurs after the operant and increases the likelihood that the operant will repeat
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positive reinforcement
a reinforcing stimulus is added after the operant (something is added), what constitutes a reinforcing stimulus differs from person to person
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negative reinforcement
the operant if followed by the removal or avoidance of an aversive stimulus (something is subtracted)
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primary reinforcer
is naturally reinforcing (food, water, warmth, sex, etc.)
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conditioned reinforcers (secondary reinforcers)
acquired by association with a primary reinforcer (money, awards, etc.)
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punishment
a behavior followed by an aversive consequence which decreases the likelihood that the operant will repeat
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positive punishment
a response is followed by the addition of an aversive stimulus
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negative punishment
a response is followed by the loss of a reinforcing stimulus
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alternatives to punishment
reinforcing an alternate behavior, extinguishing the problem behavior, reinforcing the non-occurrence of the problem behavior, time-out from all positive reinforcement
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Premack principle
a preferred activity can be used to reinforce a less preferred activity
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discriminative stimuli
a specific stimulus that is more likely to reinforce a particular operant (eg phone ringing often leads to picking up the phone)
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operant chamber (Skinner box)
a small cage with a food dispenser automatically records the number of operants performed by the experimental animal
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shaping
reinforce successively closer approximations of behavior until the correct behavior is displayed
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continuous reinforcement
the most efficient way to strengthen a response is to immediately reinforce every occurrence of the operant
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partial reinforcement
responses are only reinforced sometimes (like in real life)
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extinction
when a learned response is no longer reinforced, the likelihood of repetition gradually declines
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partial reinforcement effect
partially reinforced behavior is more resistant to extinction than continuously reinforced behavior
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schedules of reinforcement
specific preset arrangements of partial reinforcement result in different response rates
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fixed-ratio schedule
reinforcement is presented after a fixed number of responses, produces increased response rates in burst-pause patterns
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variable-ratio schedule
reinforcement is presented after an average number of responses but varies
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fixed-interval schedule
reinforcement is presented after the 1st response in a preset time interval, responses increase as the time interval comes near
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variable-interval schedule
reinforcement is presented after the 1st response in an average length time interval, moderate/steady rates of response
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behavioral modification
the application of operant conditioning learning principles to help develop adaptive behaviors
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Edward C. Tolman
believed that cognitive processes were important to learning complex behaviors (tested rats in mazes)
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cognitive map
term by Tolman, a mental representation of a (mazes) layout built through experience, can be used to make an alternative route when the usual is blocked
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latent learning
term by Tolman, learning is not immediately demonstrated in overt behavior, learning is the acquisition of knowledge not just changes in behavior
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Martin Seligman
said that during cognitive conditioning, animals can develop a cognitive expectation that their behavior doesn't affect their environment
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learned helplessness
Seligman term, exposure to an inescapable aversive event will result in passive behavior, the 1st step to overcoming is to create a sense of control
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instinctive drift
Brelandterm, natural behaviors interfere with operant behaviors, biologically predispositions to perform natural behaviors are strong enough to overcome a lack of reinforcement (reinforcement is not the sole determinant of behavior)
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observational learning
most human learning, learning by observing others actions
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Albert Bandura
pioneer of observational learning believed that the process used actively judgemental and constructive cognitive processes, tested groups of kids watching aggressive Bobo doll behavior

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