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Unit 3 Flashcards

1
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Thorndike

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Supernormal psychology of animals, law of effect
chicks and cats

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Law of Effect
+4 elements

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Behaviour is a function of consequences.
Four key elements: environment, behaviour occurring, change in environment post-behaviour, change in behaviour produced by this consequence

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Metzgar

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Released mice into habitat. Followed up with more mice, then released an owl; knowing the environment paid off.

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Skinner Box

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Chamber with a food-magazine that drops pellets of food into a tray

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Operant Learning

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instrumental learning, response learning, consequence learning, R-S learning;
when behaviour is altered by consequence
- behaviour is operating on environment

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Reinforcement

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increase in strength of behaviour due to consequences
Reinforcement = ↑Strength of behaviour ∵Consequences

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Catania’s requirements

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three req for experience to qualify as a reinforcement
1. Behaviour must have consequence
2. Behaviour must increase strength
3. Increased strength must be ∵ of the consequence.

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Positive reinforcement

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consequence of behaviour is the appearance/increase in intensity of stimulus
behaviour -> reinforcer -> increase behaviour

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Positive reinforcer

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Stimulus in positive reinforcement.
Usually sought out or positive

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Reward learning

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aka Positive Reinforcement; consequences are considered rewarding
Skinner dislikes this term

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Negative reinforcement

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the consequence of a behaviour is the decrease of intensity or removal of a stimulus

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Negative reinforcer

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Stimulus in negative reinforcement; usually escaped or avoided

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Escape learning

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aka Negative reinforcement from escaping

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Behavioural momentum

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Nevin’s term - behaviour that is reinforced many times is more likely to persist when obstructed

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Primary reinforcers

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Innately effective; Baum “phylogenetically significant events”

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Unconditioned reinforcers

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aka Primary Reinforcers

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17
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Satiation

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when reinforcers lose their effectiveness

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18
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Secondary reinforcers

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not innate but rather are the result of learning experiences

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Conditioned reinforcers

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aka secondary reinforcers

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Generalized reinforcer

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a reinforcer paired with other reinforcers
e.g., money

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Natural reinforcer

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spontaneously follow a behaviour
brush your teeth -> mouth feelings clean

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Automatic reinforcers

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aka natural reinforcers

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Contrived reinforcers

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provided for the purpose of behaviour modification

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Motivating operation

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anything that changes the effectiveness of a consequence
two types

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Establishing operations

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increase the effectiveness of a consequence

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Abolishing operations

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decrease the effectiveness of a consequence

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27
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ESB

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electrical stimulation of the brain

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28
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Reward pathway

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the septal region that separates the cerebral hemispheres

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29
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Dopamine

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NT, precursor of epinephrine (adrenaline)

30
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Hull’s Drive-Reduction Theory

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Suggests that reinforcers decrease drives, and that is where their value comes from

31
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Drives

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Innate motivational states; e.g., hunger

32
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Premack’s Relative Value Theory

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All behaviours have relative values and these values determine the reinforcing properties

33
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Premack principle

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high-probability behaviour reinforced low-probability behaviour

34
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Response-deprivation Theory

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Suggests that each behaviour has a baseline and when the baseline is not met, the individual will engage in behaviours to increase the desired behaviour.

35
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Two-Process theory

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negative reinforcement theory; pavlovian and operant learning

36
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Sidman’s avoidance procedure

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rats avoid shock by pushing a lever - two-process theory - there is no escape, so why does the rat press the lever? What reinforces it?

37
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One-process theory

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Operant learning avoidance theory

38
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Thorndike studied animal learning as a way of measuring animal _____.

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intelligence

39
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According to Thorndike’s law of _____, the strength of a behaviour depends on its _____.

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effect
consequences

40
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Positive and negative reinforcement have this in common: Both _____ behaviour.

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strengthen

41
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The defining feature of primary reinforcers is that they are not dependent on_____.

A

learning

42
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_____ refers to the likelihood that a reinforcer will follow a behaviour.

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Contingency

43
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In general, the more you increase the amount of a reinforcer, the _____ benefit you get from the increase.

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less

44
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A motivating operation is anything that change the effectiveness of a _____.

A

reinforcer

45
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Positive reinforcement is associated with the release of _____ in the brain.

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dopamine

46
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According to the Premack principle, _____ behaviour reinforces _____ behaviour.

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high-probability

low-probability

47
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According to the response-deprivation theory, schoolchildren are eager to go to recess because they have been deprived of the opportunity to _____.

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move

48
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The two processes in the two-process theory are _____ and _____.

A

Pavlovian conditioning

Operant learning

49
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Shaping

A

the reinforcement of successive approximations of a desired behaviour

50
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Behaviour Chain

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a sequence of behaviours that is connected

51
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Chaining

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teaching a behaviour through steps:
task anaylsis -> forward/backward chaining

52
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Task analysis

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The breakdown of a task into component elements

53
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Forward chaining

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reinforce performance of the first link in the chain. Repeat until task is performed without hesitation, then add another task.

54
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Backward chaining

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beginning with the final link in the chain and repeating until perfected. Then added the second to last (second to last -> last) until perfected. Repeat.

55
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Problem

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A situation where reinforcement is available but the necessary behaviour is not.

56
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Superstitious behaviour

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any behaviour that occurs repeatedly even without reinforcers to maintain it

57
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Learned helplessness

A

learning to be helpless

58
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Learned industriousness

A

learning to not quit

59
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Shaping is the reinforcement of successive _____ of a desired behaviour.

A

approximations

60
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What are parts of the chain known as brushing one’s teeth?

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going to bathroom, getting toothbrush, getting tooth paste, applying toothpaste to tooth brush, wetting toothbrush, brushing teeth

61
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How would you use backward chaining to train a rat to run a maze?

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put reward at the end of the maze
release rat very close to end
after success, release slightly further from reward, repeat

62
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Two forms of chaining are _____ and _____.

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backward
forward

63
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A problem is a situation in which _____ is available, but the behaviour necessary to produce it is not.

A

a reinforcer

64
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Harlow’s data show that “insightful” solutions may be arrived at _____ as a result of a number of learning experiences.

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gradually

65
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The experiment by Epstein and colleagues demonstrated that insightful problem solving is largely a product of _____.

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reinforcement/ reinforcement history

66
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The idea of increasing creativity by means of reinforcement seems illogical at first because reinforcement _____ .

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strengthens a behaviour that occurs

67
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How could an auto manufacturer increase the creativity of its designers?

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contingency between innovative designs and reinforcing consequences
e.g., time off or bonuses or royalties for original design

68
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Superstitious behaviour by definition does not produce _____.

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reinforcers to maintain it

69
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Exposure to _____ aversives leads to learned helplessness.

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inescapable

70
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Learning industriousness is the opposite of _____ .

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