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unit 6 learning
condition and social learning
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Psychology
12th Grade
11/26/2013

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habitation
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to have decreased responsiveness to something
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associated learning
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learning to associate are stimulus with another
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classical conditioning
Definition
learn to associate 2 stimulus and thus anticipate events
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operant conditioning
Definition
a behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished with punishment
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behaviorism
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jonh watson- observable behavior
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Pavlov's dog experiment
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dogs would salivate when they heard him because he feed them
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ivan pavlov
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studied digestion of dogs
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neutral stimulus
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does nothing by itself
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unconditioned stimulus
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a stimulus that naturally and automatically trigger a response
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CONDITIONED STIMULUS
Definition
the do nothing stimulus is then learned is now conditioned
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unconditioned response
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the unlearned naturally occurring response to UCS
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conditioned response
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the learned response to a previous neutral stimulus
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acquisition
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after a while the body begins to link together the neutral stimulus with the ucs
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little Albert
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associated rat with loud noises - baby became afraid of the rat
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Watson
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classical conditioning
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generalization
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something so similar to the cs you get the cr
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extinction
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the moment when cs isn't associated with cur
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discrimination
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sometimes so different to the cs so you don't get a cr
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spontaneous recovery
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after extinction the CR still randomly appear after CS is presented
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higher order learning
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a neutral stimulus becoming a conditioned response
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learned helplessness
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helplessness and passive registration that is learned when an able to avoid repeated aversive events
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operant conditioning
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the idea to increase behavior we give a strengthen or decrease in behavior
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law of effect
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rewarded behavior is likely to be repeated
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shaping
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process of negative and positive reinforce meant until you get to the point you want
baby steps -- bigger goal
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positive reinforcement
Definition
given something for work that gets you to repeat a behavior
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negative reinforcement
Definition
removal of something bad to get you to stop a behavior
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reinforcer
Definition
anything that increases behavior
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primary reinforcer
Definition
things that you need: food water and love
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secondary reinforcer
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things you want

new clothes

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immediate reinforcer
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you get something that second you do something
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delayed reinforcement
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you reciev3e something after a period of time
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contious reinforcement
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you get something every time you do something
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partial reinforcement
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you get something every once in awhile
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punishment
Definition
decreases or stops a behavior
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schedules of reinforcement
Definition
ratio: number of intervals: time
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fixed interval
Definition
set amount of time passes before you get rewarded
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variable interval
Definition
a random amount of time passes before you get rewarded
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fixed ratio
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provides a set number of things to get your ratio set number has to pass before you get rewarded
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variable ratio
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random number of things has to happen before you get rewarded.
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intrinsic motivation
Definition
desire to perform a behavior for its own sake
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extrinsic motivation
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desire to perform a behavior due to promised rewards
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over justification effect
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the idea that the extrinsic motivation gets more important than the intrinsic
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social learning
Definition
you learn from your environment
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cognitive map
Definition
mental picture
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latent learning
Definition
learning without reward. you learn something but dont show that you learned anything
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modeling
Definition
by watching a behavior you learn
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