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Classical conditioning - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Learning to associate 2 stimuli
together, which leads to an organism anticipating future events. Example:
Ivan Paplov studied salivation in dogs as a precursor to digestion.
Unconditioned stimulus - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Stimulus that automatically
triggers a response naturally. Unlearned.
,Unconditioned response - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Naturally occuring, unlearned
response to an unconditioned stimulus. Unlearned.
Conditioned stimulus - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Originally neutral stimulus that
triggers a response after an association with an unconditioned stimulus is
formed. Learned.
Conditioned response - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Learned response to a stimulus that
was originally neutral, but is now conditioned.
Extinction - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Occurs when the unconditioned stimulus is no
linger paired with the conditioned stimulus. Make the behavior go away.
Generalization - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus
will also elicit the conditioned response. Avoid things that are similar to
things that have hurt us.
Operant conditioning - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Controlling behavior through
consequences. Behavior strengthened by reinforcement and weakened by
punishment.
Positive reinforcement - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Increases behavior by presenting a
positive stimulus. Adding Example: giving dog a treat to roll over
, Negative reinforcement - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Increases behavior by stopping a
negative stimulus. Subtracting Example: you buy your child a toy in the
store and he stops crying. This will increase your toy buying behavior.
Primary reinforcer - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Does not have to be learned. Satisfies a
biological need. Food. Water. Similar to unconditioned stimuli.
Secondary reinforcer - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Has to be learned. These can get us
the primary reinforcers. Good grades. Money. Similar to conditioned stimuli.
Reinforcement schedules - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Continuous and partial
Continuous reinforcement - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A behavior is reinforced every
time it occurs. For example if you give your child a candy bar every time he
cleans his room.
Partial reinforcement - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A behavior is reinforced only part of
the time it occurs. Example: you gave your child a candy bar every so often
after he cleans his room. Note: this type of schedule is much more difficult
to extinguish
Partial reinforcement schedule types - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Ratio and Interval
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Classical conditioning - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Learning to associate 2 stimuli
together, which leads to an organism anticipating future events. Example:
Ivan Paplov studied salivation in dogs as a precursor to digestion.
Unconditioned stimulus - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Stimulus that automatically
triggers a response naturally. Unlearned.
,Unconditioned response - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Naturally occuring, unlearned
response to an unconditioned stimulus. Unlearned.
Conditioned stimulus - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Originally neutral stimulus that
triggers a response after an association with an unconditioned stimulus is
formed. Learned.
Conditioned response - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Learned response to a stimulus that
was originally neutral, but is now conditioned.
Extinction - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Occurs when the unconditioned stimulus is no
linger paired with the conditioned stimulus. Make the behavior go away.
Generalization - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus
will also elicit the conditioned response. Avoid things that are similar to
things that have hurt us.
Operant conditioning - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Controlling behavior through
consequences. Behavior strengthened by reinforcement and weakened by
punishment.
Positive reinforcement - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Increases behavior by presenting a
positive stimulus. Adding Example: giving dog a treat to roll over
, Negative reinforcement - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Increases behavior by stopping a
negative stimulus. Subtracting Example: you buy your child a toy in the
store and he stops crying. This will increase your toy buying behavior.
Primary reinforcer - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Does not have to be learned. Satisfies a
biological need. Food. Water. Similar to unconditioned stimuli.
Secondary reinforcer - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Has to be learned. These can get us
the primary reinforcers. Good grades. Money. Similar to conditioned stimuli.
Reinforcement schedules - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Continuous and partial
Continuous reinforcement - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A behavior is reinforced every
time it occurs. For example if you give your child a candy bar every time he
cleans his room.
Partial reinforcement - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A behavior is reinforced only part of
the time it occurs. Example: you gave your child a candy bar every so often
after he cleans his room. Note: this type of schedule is much more difficult
to extinguish
Partial reinforcement schedule types - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Ratio and Interval
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