Learning

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  • Classical Conditioning (learning through association)
  • Operant Conditioning (learning through consequence)
  • Social Learning (learning through observation)
  • Ivan Pavlov - a Russian physiologist who discovered the conditioned reflex
  • Pavlov‘s dog: A dog that learned to salivate at the sound of a bell
  • Pavlov's case study discovered the theory classical conditioning
  • Unconditional stimulus is a thing that can already elicit a response (food)
  • Unconditioned Response(UCR) a behaviour that is already elicited by a stimulus (salivating).
  • Neutral Stimulus (NS) a thing which is not associated in the
    unconditioned relationship (metronome).
  • Conditioned Stimulus (CS) A stimulus that has been associated with an unconditioned stimulus, so it now
    produces the same result.
  • Conditioned Response (CR) behaviour elicited by the Conditioned Stimulus (salivation).
  • Positive reinforcement increases the likelihood of a behavior being repeated by providing something pleasant or rewarding as a consequence.
  • Extinction when the association between the UCS and the CS no longer occurs after a few trials of separating the two stimuli the learned response is extinguished.
  • Spontaneous recovery after extinction, the association sometimes recurs for no apparent reason.
  • Stimulus Generalisation a stimulus similar to the specific one can elicit the conditioned response.
  • Discrimination (the opposite of Stimulus generalisation) is ability to respond differently to specific stimuli. E.g. a dog that can pick out the smell of a specific drug.
  • One trial learning happens when learning takes place in
    a single pairing of a response and stimulus and is not strengthened over time by repeated exposure to a stimulus.