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Habituation

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process of responding less strongly over time to repeated stimuli; getting used to a stimulus; usually a neutral
stimulus

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Dishabituation

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responding to a previously habituated stimulus

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Sensitization

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process of responding more strongly over time to repeated stimuli; usually a dangerous or irritating stimulus

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Relaxed state more likely to get…

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Habituated

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Aroused state more likely to get…

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Sensitized

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Learning

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Change in an organism’s behavior or thoughts as a result of experience

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Non-Associative Learning

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Responding to 1 stimulus

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Associative Learning

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Learning to connect or associate 2+ stimuli

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Classical Conditioning

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Form of learning in which two stimuli are repeatedly paired
Neutral stimulus + stimulus that elicits an automatic response
Eventually, the neutral stimulus triggers the reflex on its own

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Unconditioned Stimulus

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Something you already have a response to, reflex (dog food)

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Unconditional Response

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The response, already there not learned (salivation)

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Conditioned Stimulus

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Initially neutral becomes associated with the unconditioned stimulus (US) (light switch)

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Conditioned Response

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Automatic response triggered by conditioned stimulus (CS) (salivation)

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Before conditioning

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US->UR
NS->X

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During conditioning

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NS+US ->UR

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After conditioning

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CS->CR

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Acquisition

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Learning phase; when CS is paired with US

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Extinction

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CS appears alone and the CR
weakens
CR is eventually eliminated
(extinct)

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Spontaneous Recovery

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When a previously extinct CR suddenly emerges after a long time

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Generalization

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The tendency to respond to stimuli that are similar to the CS (can go too far)

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Overgeneralization

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When generalization goes too far

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Discrimination

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We learn to respond to a
particular stimulus but not to
similar stimuli (opposite of generalization)

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Requirements for US-CS association to occur

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Continuity, Contingency

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Continuity

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Shortness of time between CS and US

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Contingency
Predictiveness, High likelihood of receiving US after CS
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Blocking
a prior association with a conditioned stimulus prevents the learning of an association with another stimulus because the second one adds no further predictive value
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Solution to Blocking
Higher order Conditioning
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Higher order conditioning
Adding CS2 to CS1 shortly after, not simultaneously
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Preparedness
We are more prepared to build certain associations than others.
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Conditioned taste aversions
we have a strong tendency to associate nausea with food rather than with other environmental factors
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Operant conditioning
Change in voluntary behaviors as a result of consequences -Depending on the consequences the organism either increases or decreases the likelihood of conscious voluntary behavior
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ABC of operant conditioning
Antecedents, Behavior, Consequence
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Antecedents
Stimuli preceding the behavior that signals the consequence. Cue to respond (red light/green light)
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Behavior
What you choose to do (cross the street)
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Consequence
stimuli after the behavior that will either increase or decrease the likelihood of future behavior (getting hit by a car/getting to the destination)
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Reinforcement
Increased likelihood of a behavior being repeated behavior is strengthened
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Punishment
Decreased likelihood of a behavior being repeated behavior is weakened
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Law of effect
The idea that behavior is a function of its consequences—actions that are followed by positive outcomes are strengthened, and behaviors that are followed by negative outcomes are weakened
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Positive
Add a thing
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Negative
Take away a thing
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Positive reinforcement
Add something good
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Positive Punishment
Add something bad
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Negative reinforcement
Take away something bad
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Negative punishment
Take away something good
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Types of reinforcers
Primary, Secondary
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Primary reinforcers
reinforces behavior by fulfilling a biological need (water, food, etc)
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Secondary reinforcers
something that is associated with/gives access to a primary reinforcer (money, good grades, etc)
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Keys to successful conditioning
The consequence must be immediate, Shaping
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Premack principle
Pair the infrequent (less prefered) activity with the frequent activity (preferred) to increase the frequency of the first
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Shaping
Reinforce approximations of goal behavior, useful for complex behaviors
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Problems with punishment
-Doesn’t teach the targeted behavior only teaches you what not to do -Best to punish unwanted behavior + reinforce good behavior -Children particularly are better with reinforcement than punishment
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2 types of reinforcement schedules
Continuous, Partial
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Continuous
reinforcement is delivered every time -Faster learning (acquisition) -Faster extinction
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Partial
reinforcement is only delivered sometimes -Slower learning (acquisition) -Slower extinction
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Consistencies of providing reinforcement
Fixed, Variable
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Fixed schedule
Regular, Predictable
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Variable schedule
Irregular, Unpredictable (preferred method)
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Basis of providing reinforcement
Ratio, Interval
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Ratio
Number of responses (preferred method)
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Interval
Amount of time
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Fixed Ratio
Reinforcement every specific number of times
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Fixed Interval
Reinforcement after a specific amount of time
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Variable Ratio
Reinforce after an unknown number of times (best method)
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Variable interval
Reinforce after an unknown amount of time
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Classical Conditioning vs Operant Conditioning
Classical Conditioning: -Automatic behaviors -Associate: US+CS -Result: CR Operant conditioning: -Voluntary behaviors -Associate: Behavior+Consequence -Result: More/Less of that behavior
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Superstitious conditioning
Result of coincidental reinforcement of an action – associating an irrelevant behavior with the outcome
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Latent Learning
Learning that is not directly observable -Not a series of reinforced behaviors, but an internal representation of the world/problem space that is not necessarily performed yet -occurs without either incentive or any clear motivation to learn
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Insight Learning
Grasping the underlying nature of a problem Immediate and clear understanding not through trial-and-error “aha!” moment Get the solution and apply it in the future
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Observational Learning
learning from watching others -avoids risks associated with behaviors -even infants do it -imitates behavior from a model
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Social learning theory
learning is a cognitive process derived from social observation, rather than direct reinforcement of motor actions 4 stages in children's observational learning: Attention – retention – motor reproduction - reinforcement
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Mirror Neurons
Neurons that are active both when performing an action and when the same actions are observed in others
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Cultural transmission of learning
Transmission of knowledge between generations not by genetics, but by learning
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Vertical transmission
Parents to offspring
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Horizontal transmission
Peers to peers
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Diffusion chain
A process in which individuals learn a behavior by observing a model and then serve as models from whom other individuals can learn.
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Biological influences
Cant associate any stimulus with any response - Preparedness -Taste Aversion -Instinctive Drift
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Instinctive Drift
An animal’s reversion to evolutionarily derived instinctive behaviors instead of demonstrating newly learned responses.

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