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what are the two major types of non associative learning

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habituation, sensitization

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what is habituation

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getting used to something - constant noise that you dont notice after a while

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what is sensitization

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when our behavioural response to a stimulus increases

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what are the two types of associative learning

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classical conditioning and operant conditioning

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what is classical conditioning

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learning that a stimulus in an environment predicts a different stimulus

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what is an example of classical conditioning

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pavlov and his dog

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continuous events

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one occurring after the other

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contingency

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one thing happens and something else happens, you have to do the first thing before the second thing will happen

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stimulus generalization

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when an association has been learned, but now something similar to the metronome sound also signals food

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what is stimulus discrimination

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opposite of stimulus generalization - wheee animals stop responding to the stimulus if it is not exactly what they learned to make the response to.

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how is operant conditioning different from classical conditioning

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you are not required to signal anything for operant learning

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what is happening in operant conditioning

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the animal has to do something to get something done. they can be rewarded or punished for performing a specific behaviour

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what does operant conditioning change

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the frequency of the behaviour

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who is associated with operant conditioning

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BF skinner

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what is needed for positive reinforcement

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add pleasant stimulus to increase/maintain behaviour

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wgat is needed for positive punishment

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add averse stimulus to decrease behaviour

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what is needed for negative reinforcement

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remove averse stimulus to increase/maintain behaviour

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what is needed for negative punishment

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remove pleasant stimulus to decrease behaviour

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what is continuous reinforcement

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reinforce a behaviour each time it occurs

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partial reinforcement

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intermittent reinforcement of behaviour

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what is a ratio schedule

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based on the number of times the behaviour occurs

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what is an interval schedule

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based on a specific unit of time

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what is fixed interval schedule

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when reinforcement is provided after a certain amount of time has passed,

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what is a variable interval schedule

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when reinforcement is provided after a passage of time, but the time is not regular. like pop quizzes to make students be more prepared

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what is a fixed ratio schedule
when reinforcement is provided after a certain number of responses have been made. like punch cards buy 10 get one free.
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what is a variable ratio schedule
when reinforcement is provided after an unpredictable amount of responses. like at a casino.
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what is shaping
reinforce partial behaviours until only the full desired response achieves the reinforcer. then you move to reinforce them only when they do it perfectly
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what is chaining
where you reward each successive step, the opportunity to perform the next behaviour in the sequence becomes the reinforcer
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how does WHO define drug addiction
syndrome in which the use of a drug is given a higher priority than other behaviours that once had a higher value
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what did terry robinson and ken berridge say about addiction
it is not caused by the withdrawal effects but by the sensitization to the drug
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what is the appetitive phase
the searching process that precedes consummatory behaviour and shows there is a desire
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what is the consummatory phase
a performance phase, it is the difference between being hungry and thirsty, but if you tried to eat a bottle of water that wouldnt work. the behaviour is specific to the goal.
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what is wanting
the subjective experience of needing or desiring something, not about LIKING, has to do with neurons that have dopamine as their neurotransmitter
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what does dopamine signal
WANTING, desire.
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what is affective states
happiness, positive, people feeling good
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is D-amphetamine an agonist or antagonist
direct and indirect DOPAMINE agonist
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how does amphetamine work
flood of dopamine coming out of pre-synaptic gap. and blocks reuptake of dopamine. dopamine in synapse increases a whole bunch
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what are chronic drugs
take it every four hours for however many days. will cause adaptation. fundamental non-associative learning
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intermittent administration of drugs
drives sensitization, higher effect of the drug
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how is everyone not addicted to drugs
we associate drugs with the context in which we took them. the environment, people, objects, time that we took them.
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what are two ateas of the limbic system
anterior cingulate cortex, amygdala
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what causes relapse?
if they are shown the context in which they used to use, taking the drug again even just once, and stress.
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what are 3 types of learning -
nonassociative, associative, social
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what is non associative learning
learning after repeated exposure to a single stimulus or event
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what is associative learning
coming to understand through personal experiences how stimuli or events are related
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in terms of Pavlov, what is an unconditioned response?
an unlearned response that occurs without training and is an automatic behaviour
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what is an unconditioned stimulus PAVLOV
The food, without any training, the unconditioned stimulus produces the unconditioned response
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what is conditioned stimulus PAVLOV
after learning, the clicking of the metronome serves as a signal that food will happen soon
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what is a conditioned response PAVLOV
the increased salivation after the metronome (conditioned stimulus) is peesented
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what is acquisition
the formation of an association between a conditioned stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus
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what is extinction PAVLOV
When the conditioned stimulus stops meaning the food will come and the animal unlearns the conditioned response to the conditioned stimulus
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what is spontaneous recovery
when the conditioned stimulus hasn’t been used in a while and the animal kinda gets a little excited that food will come even though the CS hasnt meant food for a long time
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what is the rescorla-Wagner Model
an animals learns to expect some predictors are better than others, and prediction error can occur
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why did BF skinner choose the word Operant conditioning
the idea that animals operate to express the idea that animals operate on their environments to produce effects
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what experiment with cats did thorndike do
puzzle boxes, law of effect
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what is the law of effect
any behaviour that leads to a satisfying state of affairs is likely to occurr again, any behaviour that leads to an annoying state of affairs is less likely to occur again
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what is a reinforcer
a stimulus that occurs after a response and increases the likelihood that the response will be repeated
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wgat is the key difference between classical and operant conditioning
in operant conditioning the animal must perform an action that can be reinforced
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what are primary reinforcers
reinforcers that are necessary for survival, such as food or water
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what are secondary reinforcers
stimuli that are reinforcers but do not satisfy biological needs
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what did Premack theorize about reinforcers
how a reinforcers value could be determined - how much time will a person willingly engage with the reinforcer
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what is the Premack principle
a more valued activity can be used to reinforce the performance of a less valued activity. “Finish your homework and then you can go out”
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temporal discounting
when the value of a reward diminishes over time
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what is equipotentiality
any object or phenomenon could be converted to a conditioned stimulus when associated with any unconditioned stimulus. any behaviour can be learned as long as it is reinforced.
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what is conditioned taste aversion
when someone has a bad experience/ food poisoning and avoids that food now

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