Chapter 5- Learning

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Chapter 5- Learning
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Classical Conditioning

• Pavlovs Experiment
• Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)
• Unconditioned Response (UCR)
• Conditioned Stimulus (CS)
• Conditioned Response (CR)

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Little Albert

• UCS
• CS

• UCR
• CR

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Its all in the timing

• Forward Conditioning
• Delay or Trace
• Simultaneous Conditioning
• Backward Conditioning

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Exceptions to the Rule

• No new information
• Taste Aversion Learning
• Garcia Effect
• Chemical Therapy

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Operant Conditioning
Reinforcement Punishment
Add something pleasurable to the environment, increase the probability that the behavior will occur again. Add something aversive to the environment, decrease the probability that the behavior will occur again.
- Remove something aversive from the environment, increase the probability that the behavior will occur again. Remove something pleasurable from the environment, decrease the probability that the behavior will occur again.
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Examples

• Positive Reinforcement
• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment
• Negative Punishment

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Applications

• Stimulus Control
• Shaping

• Learned Helplessness
• Know - Go

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Schedules of Reinforcement
Variable Fixed
Interval Varying amount of time must pass before response will be reinforced. Constant amount of time must pass before response will be reinforced.
Ratio Varying number of responses required to earn reinforcement. Constant number of responses required to earn reinforcement.
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Observational Learning

• 4 Key Factors
• Bobo Doll
• Cultural Training
• Define Identify the Behavior (correlation
  research)