Learning

Question 1

supported the contiguity model(the more you pair two items together the more likelihood of learning) and believed that humans and animals behavior is learned through a process of stimulus and response

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John B. Watson

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discovered that human cognitive biases result from peoples’ use of fast but fallible cognitive strategies (changed the way people thought about decision-making)

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Amos Tversky

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created the Law of Effect(probability will be increased if the learner completes the tasks and is presented with a desirable reward) through his use of cats, founded reinforcers (a condition that occurs after a response to strengthen the response)

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Edward Thorndike

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used the operant chamber(skinner box- programmed to deliver reinforcers and punishments continguent on an animals behavior) on rats and pigeons

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B.F. Skinner

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conflict with Pavlov’s theory / CS short pause, then US is most effective( Contingency model: does the learner see the connection between the neutral and unconditioned stimulus)

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Robert Rescorla

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creator of classical conditioning who studied the digestive system of dogs to see what makes them drool (neutral stimulus paired with an unconditioned stimulus will create a conditioned response which is the same as the unconditioned response) and supporter of the contiguity model- the more you pair two items together the more likelihood of learning)

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Ivan Pavlov

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Insight learning- problem-solving by a sudden reorganization of perceptions(ah-ha moment) believed that thinking had to play a critical role in learning and that it doesn’t always revolve around reward/ Sultan Experiments- monkey experiments where problem-solving was demonstrated when they were introduced to a novel substance or action

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Wolfgang Kohler

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Garcia effect: even in just one experience you will avoid food following an illness(food aversion)

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John Garcia

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Bobo experiments: kids either watch adults ignore or beat up the bobo and mimic their actions/ room with toys and groups of parents were told to get aggressive with them, one was scolded the other praised, the kids were shown this and responded in the room accordingly

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Albert Bandura

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reinforce behavior after an unpredictable number of responses

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variable-ratio schedule

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reinforce behaviors after unpredictable time periods

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variable-interval schedule

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a stimulus that automatically triggers a response

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unconditioned stimulus

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innate response to an unconditioned stimulus

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unconditioned response

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tendency to respond to stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus( baby afraid of moving cars is also afraid of moving trucks, motorcycles, etc)

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stimulus generalization

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the learned the ability to distinguish between the conditioned stimulus and other irrelevant stimuli

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stimulus discrimination

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the appearance of a formerly extinguished response, following a rest period

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spontaneous recovery

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modifying behavior by reinforcing behaviors that progressively approximate the target behavior(praising crawling, standing, taking a couple of steps until the baby is able to walk)

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shaping

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satisfying because we have learned to associate them with more basic rewards

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secondary reinforcer

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how often a response will be reinforced

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schedule of reinforcement

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behavior that is evoked by a specific stimulus and that will consistently and predictably occur if that stimulus is presented

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respondent behavior

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automatic, unlearned, relatively fixed responses to stimuli that do not require conscious effort and involve a faster response time

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reflex

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a consequence that follows an operant response that decreases the likelihood of that response occurring in the future

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punishment

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innately satisfying, no learning required

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primary reinforcers

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programmed to deliver reinforcers and punishers contingent on an animals behavior

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operant chamber

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negative reinforcement: omission of a reward or something pleasurable will decrease the likelihood of the undesirable behavior occurring again

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omission training

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observing the behavior of others and mimicking them

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observational learning

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something that issues no natural response

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neutral stimulus

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the process of learning by copying others' behaviors (observational learning)

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modeling

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frontal lobe neurons that fire when observing another person’s actions

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mirror neurons

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learned preference for stimuli you are regularly exposed to

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mere exposure effect

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a mental state in which an organism forced to bear aversive stimuli (painful, unpleasant), becomes unable or unwilling to avoid subsequent encounters with those stimuli because it has learned that it cannot escape even if it can

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learned helplessness

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the probability will be increased if the learner completes the tasks and is presented with a desirable reward

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Law of Effect

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learning that is not expressed until a situation calls for it

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latent learning

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the tendency of some trained animals to revert back to instinctual behaviors

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instinctual drift

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a procedure in which a new neutral stimulus can become a new conditioned stimulus without the presence of the unconditioned stimulus, creating a new, often weaker, conditioned stimulus

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higher-order conditioning

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an organism's decreasing response with regular exposure to a stimuli

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habituation

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reinforce behavior after a set number of responses

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fixed-ratio (ration) schedule

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reinforce behaviors after a set period of time

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fixed-interval schedule

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a response that becomes associated with a previously neutral stimulus as a result of pairing the neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus that generally yields the response

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conditioned response

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neutral stimulus that can eventually trigger a conditioned response

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conditioned stimulus

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learning that certain events occur together(studying a certain way will result in a good grade)

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Associative learning