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Part 1: Classical/Pavlovian Conditioning Flashcards

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Who studied the laws of association?

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Pavlov and Ebbinghaus

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Primary rules of association (3)

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  1. Continuity
  2. Similarity
  3. Contrast
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Learning

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An enduring change in mechanisms of behaviour involving specific stimuli/responses that result from prior experiences

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3 R’s of Animal Research

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Replacement (of animals with other techniques)
Refinement (of methods to cause less suffering)
Reducing (# of animals used)

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Dualism (Theory)

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view of voluntary behaviour being attributed to the mind and involuntary behaviour being attributed to reflexes

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Empiricism (Locke)

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ideas in the mind come from past experience

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Hedonism (Hobbes)

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actions are determined by pursuit of pleasure or avoidance of pain

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Nativism (Descartes)

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humans are born with innate ideas and abilities

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Nervism (Pavlov)

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behavioural and physiological processes are regulated by the nervous system

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Elicited Behaviours

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occur in reaction to specific external stimuli

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2 Events in a reflex

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  1. Eliciting stimulus
  2. Corresponding elicited response
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Reflex Arc Pathway

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Afferent/sensory neuron - interneuron - efferent/motor neuron

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Modal Action Patterns (MAPS)

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response patient exhibited by all members of a species (reflexive)

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Sign/Releasing Stimulus

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specific feature of an object/animal that elicits an MAP/reflex

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Supernormal Stimulus

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artificially enhanced sign stimulus used to produce larger than average MAP (ex. adding sugar to food)

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Foraging Response Sequence

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  1. General search (non-directive)
  2. Focal search (directive)
  3. Food handling and ingestion mode (consummatory)
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Habituation effect

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progressive decline in vigor of elicited behaviour after repeated pairing; stimulus specific
ex. drug tolerance

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Sensitization effect

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progressive increase in vigor of elicited behaviour after repeated pairing with aversive stimuli; less stimuli specific
ex. fear

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Sensory Adaption

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temporary decline is sensitivity of sense organ due to fatigue

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Where does fatigue occur?

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muscle tissue

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Where does sensory adaption occur?

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sense organs

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Dual-Process Theory (Hab. & Sen.)

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Habituation process and sensitization process are underlying neural processes used to adapt responsiveness to stimulation

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S-R System (Dual-Process)

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shortest neural pathway; sense organs - muscles
Habituation occurs here

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State system (dual-process)

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neural structures that determine level of arousal/responsiveness
Sensitization occurs here

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Opponent-Process Theory (Motivation)
Emotion arousing stimuli trigger the A/Primary process (emotional response) which then triggers the compensatory B/Opponent process (opposite emotional response)
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Object Learning
association of 2 features of the same object (ex. colour and taste)
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Fear Conditioning
Pairs an aversive US (shock) with a CS (light or tone) to elicit fear response
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Measures for Fear Conditioning
- Freezing behaviour - Conditioned suppression
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Autoshaping/Sign Tracking Paradigm
movement towards stimulus that signals incoming positive reinforcer
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Goal Tracking
CS elicits movement to US drop off location instead of CS itself
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Evaluative Conditioning
changing the perceived value of an initially neutral stimulus by pairing it with a liked/disliked stimulus
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Pseudo Conditioning
exposure to the US is sufficient to create CR-like responses to the CS
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Random Control Procedure
CS and US are presented randomly
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Explicitly Unpaired Control
CS and US are presented with enough time between them to prevent association from occurring
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Temporal Coding Hypothesis
Classical conditioning involves not only learning WHAT to expect but also WHEN to expect it (in relation to the CS)
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Inhibitory Conditioning
Learning to Predict the ABSENCE of the US (CS predicts absence of US) - Excitatory conditioning must occur first
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Conditioned Inhibition (Inhibitory Conditioning)
Trial 1: Excitatory (traditional trial) Trial 2: A second CS (CS-) is paired with the initial CS, and US does not occur (CS- is now associated with lack of US)
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Negative CS-US Contingency/Correlation (Inhibitory Conditioning)
Done in one trial type where CS signals absence of US more often than it signals its presence
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Compound Stimulus/Summation Test (Testing Inhibition)
A stimulus is a conditioned inhibitor if it reduces responding to a previously conditioned excitatory stimulus
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Retardation of Acquisition Test (Testing Inhibition)
A stimulus is a conditioned inhibitor if it is slower to become a conditioned excitor than a neutral stimulus
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Latent Inhibition/CS Pre-exposure Effect
interference with conditioning due to repeated exposure to CS before trial
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US Pre-exposure Effect
interference with conditioning due to repeated exposure to US before trial
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Stimulus Salience
Significance/noticeability of stimulus
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Higher-Order Conditioning (no US)
Previously conditioned stimulus (CS1) is used to condition a new stimulus (CS2) EX. Dog attack (US) = scared of dogs - Sees pack of dogs at the park, becomes afraid of the park (CS2)
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Sensory Preconditioning (no US)
pairing of two weak stimuli (CS1 + CS2), if CS1 is paired with a US, CS2 will elicit the same response when paired with the same US ex: vanilla and cinnamon are associated
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Stimulus Substitution Model
Idea that classical conditioning results in participants responding to the CS in the same way as the US; CS essentially "substitutes" US - Emphasized CR dependence on US
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Behaviour Systems Model
Assumes presentation of a US activates the behaviour system relevant to that US (ex. food = foraging and feeding system)
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US Devaluation (Evidence for S-S Learning)
Reduction of attractiveness of US Phase 1: exp. and control groups are classically conditioned Phase 2: exp. group's US is devalued (through aversion conditioning) - US devaluation reduces response to CS, suggesting S-S learning
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Conditioned Diminution of UR
Reduction of magnitude of response to US due to presentation of CS that was conditioned with that US
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Conditioned Compensatory Response (Drug Tolerance)
conditioned response opposite to original reaction elicited by US (compensatory)
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Blocking Effect
Interference with conditioning of a new/novel stimulus due to the presence of a previously conditioned stimulus - EX; if you get sick from grandmas pudding every time and learn to dislike it, her adding a sauce once will not cause you to dislike the sauce (you know it is the pudding that makes you sick)
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Blocking Effect Procedure
Phase 1: Exp. group pairs stimulus A with US; control group just gets stimulus A (unpaired) Phase 2: Both groups are presented A and B simultaneously and pair A+B to US Test: Presented with B alone, exp. group will show less conditioning to B, it was blocked by A - US must be unexpected for conditioning to occur
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Rescorla-Wagner Model
Mathematical formula for strength of association (V=association strength, Delta=change)
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Pierce-Hall Attentional Model
Suprisingness of the US in previous trials determines amount of attention paid to CS in next trial
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Relative-Waiting-Time Hypothesis
idea that conditioned responding is dependant on how long the organism must wait for US after CS vs. how long they would have to wait for US regardless
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Extinction
reduction of learned response that occurs because CS is no longer paired with US, or repeated presentation of CS without CS

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