Learning Theories Goal How do we learn behaviors through classical conditioning ?
Feb 23, 2016
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Learning Theories
Goal How do we learn behaviors through classical conditioning?Learning isRelatively permanentChange in behaviorDue to experience
Habituation
Associative LearningLearn that certain events occur togetherClassical Conditioning: associate two stimuli together to anticipate eventsOperant Conditioning: associate a behavior with a good or bad result
Ivan Pavlovs ExperimentStudied digestion of dogsLearn to salivate?Paired food w/neutral stimulusDogs salivated to just the neutral stimulus
Pavlovs Experiment
URUCCRCS
Classical Conditioning
Classical ConditioningStrengthof CRPauseAcquisition(CS+UCS)Extinction(CS alone)Extinction(CS alone)Spontaneousrecovery ofCRExtinction
John B. Watson & Little Albert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxKfpKQzow8&feature=related Generalization
Discrimination
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Taste Aversion
UCURCSCRFactors Influencing Classical Conditioning1) How consistently CS predicts UCS2) Number of pairings of CS and UCS3) Intensity of UCS4) Time between CS and UCS
Higher-Order Conditioning
===But what about?Cognitive processes?Learned helplessnessBiological predispositions?Garcia & Koelling study associations may be adaptiveCSUCSLearned ResponseLoud NoiseShockFearLoud NoiseRadiation (nausea)NothingSweet WaterShockNothingSweet WaterRadiation (nausea)Avoid Water