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| change in response based on experience |
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| assumptions of learning theories |
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learning is adaptive
experience shapes behavior
experiments |
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| laws of association (aristotles) |
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law of similarity
law of continuity |
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| objects resemble each other |
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| events connected by closeness of time |
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| types of associated learning |
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| dogs salvation associated with feeding |
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| unconditioned stimulus/response |
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| reflexive stimulus/response |
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| conditioned stimulus/response |
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stimulus- learned but once neutral
response- learned |
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| conditioned taste aversion |
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neutral flavor followed by illness
= avoid flavor in future
CS + US = UR |
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| conditioned emotional response |
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"little albert"
neutral stimulus paired with emotional stimulus |
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"little albert"
white rat |
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| respond to similar stimulus same way |
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| do not respond to disimilar stimulus same way |
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galvanic skin response
tones with frequencies similar to CS- would sweat |
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based on pairing CS with US
takes 3-15 pairing
bell=food |
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CS only trials
CS presented without US |
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| CR comes back after CS presented without US |
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| classical timing - forward |
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classical timing- backward
best or worst conditioning? |
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US proceeds CS
worst conditioning |
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time between presenting CS and US
usually must be brief |
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Garcia and Koeling
biologically wired to learn some associations better then others |
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instrumental
consequences |
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| behavior is controlled by its consequences |
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| instrumental conditioning |
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| behavior is instrumental in receiving reward/punishment |
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| learning occurs when response is associated with a stimulus |
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| anticedents, behaviors, consequences |
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| behavior emitted by organism |
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| taking something bad away |
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| schedule of reinforcement - continuous |
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| reinforcer obtained for every response |
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| schedule of reinforcement- intermittent |
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| intermittent - ratio schedules |
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| intermittent- ratio schedules |
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fixed ratio- reinforcement received every (nth) time
variable ratio- reinforcement received on avg. of every (nth) time
(gets the most responses) |
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| intermittent- interval schedules |
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fixed interval- after (n) minutes
variable interval- after avg. of (n) minutes |
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| presentation of bad thing |
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| 5 problems with punishment |
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1. fear punisher(classical conditioning)
2. aggression
3. abuse
4. do not know why they are being punished
5. punishment does not out weigh other benefits |
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| cognitive social theory- latent learning |
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learning that is not expressed in behavior
ex. rats in the maze
Tolman's |
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social observational learning
experiment? |
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| bandura's bobo doll (2x as much aggression) |
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| self- fulfilling prophecy |
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| expectations cause change in behavior to create that outcome |
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| locust of control - Rotter |
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| expectancies about behavior bring outcomes you want |
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| locust of control- internal |
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| locust of control- external |
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| the world controls my fate |
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| Learning DVD- Rachlin? James? |
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self control is a pattern- not a sum of instances
james= first behavioral therapist |
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