Learning (5a) Flashcards
Learning
The lasting change caused by experience; it has to be inferred from behaviour and cannot be directly observed
Associative learning
A change as a result of experience where two or more stimuli become linked
Non-associative learning
Learning that does not involve forming associations between stimuli; learning occurs following repeated exposure to a single stimulus or event
Habituation
Wearing off response to a stimulus after repeated presentation
Dishabituation
There is a recovery of attention to a novel stimulus following habitation
Sensitization
A strong stimulus results in an exaggerated response to the subsequent presentation of a weaker stimuli
Associative learning
Connections are fromed between two or more stimuli; accounts for most learning
Conditioning
Is the associations of events in the environment
Classical conditioning
Is a form of associative learning between two previously unrelated stimuli that will result in a learned experience
Unconditioned stimulus
A stimulus that on its own elites a response
Ex: food
Unconditioned response
A physical response elicited by an unconditioned stimulus; does not need to be learned (i.e., salivation)
Conditioned response
A neutral stimulus that will eventually elicit the same response as an unconditioned stimulus with which it has been paired (i.e., bell)
Conditioned response
A physical response elicited by a conditioned stimulus; it is acquired through experience and is usually the same as the unconditioned response (i.e,. Salivation)
Acquisition
The initial learning of the stimulus-response relationship
- the more parings between the CS and US the more likely the association will be learned
- the most rapid acquisition followed by the strongest response is a half minute delay between the CS and US
Extinction
The reduction of a conditioned response after repeated presentation end of the conditioned stimulus alone
