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learning test 3
classical conditioning
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| learning | action FOLLOWED BY REWARD leads to learning. - not temporary |
| Reflex: | Automatic, non-learned innate response - i.e.: blinking to puff of air to eye |
| classical conditioning | - stimulus that does not produce a response is paired with a stimulus that does elicit a response - used on dogs to salivate to meat powder |
| Ivan Pavlov (1900s) | Russian psychologist originally studying digestion |
| US | unconditioned stimulus - natural born reflex |
| NS | neutral stimulus - not born with reaction to stimulus |
| CS | conditioned stimulus |
| UR | unconditioned response |
| acquisition | training period when a response is reinforced |
| CR | conditioned response |
| extinction | conditioned response weakened with removal of reinforcement |
| antecedents | Events that precede a response |
| phobia | intense, unrealistic, irrational fear of a specific situation or object; - THEN STIMULUS GENERALIZATION OCCURS and individual becomes fearful of other things |
| Vicarious Conditioning: | Learning to respond emotionally to a stimulus by observing another's emotional reactions |
| cognitive map | internal representation of an area, like a city or a maze; underlies ability to choose alternate paths to the same goal |
| rote learning | takes place mechanically, through repetition and memorization, or by learning rules |
| spontaneous recovery | the return of a previously extinguished conditioned response following a rest period |
| generalization | tendency to respond to stimuli that are similar, but not identical, to a conditioned stimulus (e.g: responding to buzzer or hammer when conditioning was bell) |
| discrimination | the learned ability to respond differently to various stimuli (e.g.: alarms, bells, timers, etc) |
| is there a pattern? yes | fixed |
| is there a pattern? no | variable |
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