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| A long-term change in behavior or capabilities due to experience. |
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| What does a learning curve look like? |
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| Far from a straight progression. |
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| Two main types of learning |
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| 1. Habituation 2. Classical Conditioning |
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| A decrease in the strength of a response due to repetition. |
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| Habituation (characteristic) |
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| Perhaps the simplest way to demonstrate learning. |
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| Also known as Pavlovian Conditioning. |
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| Classical Conditioning (Examples) |
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| 1. Dog saliva video. 2. Ronald Reagan. 3. Balloons. |
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| Watson's Classic Study (1920) |
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| Little Albert. Conditioning fear. |
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| Classical Conditioning (Example) |
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| The Office with altoids and Dwight. |
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| Operant Conditioning (Two Other Names) |
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| Also known as Skinnerian or Instrumental Conditioning. |
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| Study of association formation. On the environment. Learn from consequences. |
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| Operant Conditioning - Reinforcement: Behavior ___? |
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| Behavior increases. Odds of behavior increases. |
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| Presentation of something "rewarding". (I give you something). |
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| Removal of something aversive. (Take something away). |
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| Operant Conditioning - Punishment: Behavior ____? |
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| Behavior decreases. Odds of behavior decreases. |
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| Positive Punishment (Operant Conditioning) |
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| Presentation of something aversive: also called aversive punishment. (Spanked) |
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| Removal of something desired, also called response cost. (Grounding). |
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| Selectively reinforce behavior we want. (Example: Tried to get classmate to dance). |
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| Intermittent Reinforcement |
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| Four Subtypes of Reinforcement Schedules |
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| 1. Fixed Interval. 2. Variable Interval. 3. Fixed Ratio. 4. Variable Ratio. |
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| Pay day (happens every 2 weeks, could slack off and still get paid). |
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| Fixed Interval: Learning is ____. Extinction is ____. |
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| Learning is slower. Extinction is easier to extinguish. |
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| Long pause after reinforcement yields (wait till last 10 seconds). |
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| Variable Interval (Example) |
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| Call Mom to talk about class. Redial. Keep trying. At some point get reinforced. |
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| Variable Interval: Learning is ____. Extinction is ____. |
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| Learning is slower. Extinction is harder to extinguish. |
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| Paid by bushel. Working hard makes difference. |
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| Fixed Ratio: Learning is ____. Extinction is ____. |
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| Learning is fast. Extinction is easier to extinguish. |
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| Gambling. Might get reinforced sometime. |
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| Variable Ratio: Learning is ____. Extinction is ____. |
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| Learning is fast. Extinction is harder to extinguish. |
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| Skinner Discussing Variable Ratio Reinforcement Schedules |
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| Things you like/dislike due to reinforcers or punishments. Past chose it for you. |
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| How did Dr. Gentile's father use the extinction trick known as "implosion"? |
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| At 4, Gentile liked matches. Made Gentile light 1000 matches. Punishment. |
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| Stop behavior right away. |
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| Baby gets remote taken away, cries. |
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| Baby gets remote back, stops crying. |
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| What is the retaining wall? |
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| Axon Hillock's Job: It sums signals across ____ and across ____. |
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| Learning at the Neural Level |
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| The process of making certain pathways work more readily than they did before. |
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| How is Learning at the Neural Level done? |
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| By increasing the strength of synaptic communication. |
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| Increases the likelihood that a single neuron can cause an action potential (fire). |
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| Long-Term Potentiation (example) |
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| Memorizing a phone number. |
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