learning Flashcards
classical conditioning
learning to predict and expect an event by associating a stimuli to it
Operant conditioning
produced by learning concenquences to behaviors
Observational learning
learning by repeating what we saw
Unconditioned response (UR)
a reaction that happens naturally
Uncoditioned stimulus (US)
a stimuli that naturally triggers UR
neutral stimulus (NR)
has no reaction before conditioning
Conditioned response (CR)
the elarned response to NS
conditioned stimuli (CS)
NS after conditioning
acquistion
initial stfe of conditioned learning (NS gets connecte to US)
higher order conditioning
when NS becomes CS without the need for US
Extinction
when CS keeps appearing without the US, so CR disappears
spontaneus recovery
when CR comes back after a pause
Generalization
the tendency to get CR to other stimuli than the CS
discrimination
ability to tell apart CS from the other irrelavant stimuli
Thorndike’s Law of Effect
actions followed by positive concenquences are likely to be repeated while those followed by negative concenquences are not
shaping
gradually changing a behavior using reward. The student doens’t need to succeed they can just get closer to succeeding
discriminative stimulus
stimulus that triggers reaction after reinforcement
positive reinforcement
presnets a pleasurable stimulus right after behavior
nehative reinforcment
taking away an unpleasurable stimulus after the behavior
primary reinforcement
innately reinforcing stimulus that satidcies the subject’s biological need
Conditioned
uses primary reinforcement
fixed ration
Reinforcing behavior after a specific number of responses
variable-ratio
Reinforcing behavior after an unknown number of responses – keeps things interesting
fixed-interval
Reinforce behaviour after a fixed amount of time
