Event - Event Learning

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Event - Event Learning

• Classical Conditioning
• Pavlovian Conditioning

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In the following 4 examples You will experience
two events. Press the space bar to see the two
events.
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For each example jot down on a piece of paper the
relationship, if any, between the two events.
That is, try to determine whether the appearance
of one of the events is related to the appearance
of the other event? When all four examples are
finished, time lines will be provided that depict
the events in the 4 examples.
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Two events will occur. Are they related in any
way? 1
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Two events will occur. Are they related in any
way? 2
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Two events will occur. Are they related in any
way? 3
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Two events will occur. Are they related in any
way? 4
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Time Lines
The next slide shows time lines which describe
the relationship between the two events. Each
example contained the same events (a light bulb
and bomb) occurring for the same duration (1/2
sec) and the same number of times (5). The
interval of time between trials (ITI) was fixed
at 10 seconds. The examples varied only in terms
of the interstimulus interval (ISI) - the
interval of time between the light bulb and bomb.
In all except the first example, the light bulb
preceded the bomb. DID you experience the two
events as related in each example? If not, rate
the examples from the most related to the least.
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Trace Conditioning Time LinesEvent A Light
Bulb Event B BombITI 10 sec of trials
5 ISI is Manipulated (IV)

A
ISI 7 sec
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B
A
ISI 3 sec
3
B
A
ISI 1 sec
4
B
Random
A
1
B
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Study the time lines on the previous slide and
compare them with the notes you jotted down while
viewing the examples. Briefly describe how your
perceptions of a relationship between two events
is influenced by the ISI that was manipulated in
this brief experiment.