Behavioral Learning

a relatively permanent change in an organisms behavior due to experience

leaning that certain events occur together

the process of leaning associations

the cause or modifier of a behavior

the reaction to a stimulus

learning when a previously neutral stimulus becomes associated with the natural cause of a behavior and creates a similar or related response stimulus --> behavior *behaviors stay the same, stimuli change*

associating a response and its consequence to repeat or stop behaviors

any natural stimulus that causes a reflexive behavior

the automatic behavior to a stimulus

a previously neutral stimulus that through acquisition, causes a learned response behavior

learned behavior developed in association with a conditioned stimulus

the stage in classical conditioning when a neutral stimulus begins to be associated with an unconditioned stimulus so that it triggers a conditioned response

gradual erosion of conditioned behaviors due to dissociating of the conditioned stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus

sudden reappearance of a previously extinguished conditioned response that is displayed after extinction

conditioned responses that are triggered not only by the conditioned stimulus but also by stimuli that resemble the conditioned stimulus white rat... crying cotton balls.

.. crying

behavioral changes that result from a between new stimuli that are otherwise similir to the conditioned stimulus

false and irrational associations of stimuli conditioned through coincidence

a learned (conditioned) avoidance of food; typically only require one acquisition to develop

irrational fears that often develop as a result of exaggerated conditioned learning; most are associative

types of phobia therapy

exposure to overwhelming amounts of the fear provoking stimulus

gradual exposure to progressive increments of the fear provoking stimulus in conjunction with relaxing techniques

substituting the fearful stimulus with a more appealing conditioned stimulus so that the phobic response is neutralized, or counteracted *JOHN WATSON*

actions associated with behaviors to initiate or stop them

anything to make a behavior repeat

anything to stop a behavior

anything added

anything taken away

________:classical::_______: operant

learning by trial or error; created by thorndike

Learning Curve

incentive based learning to change undesirable behaviors; rewards only; most effective when rewards given after behavior change

applying a reinforcement upon the completion of every display of conditioned behavior

behavior isn't reinforced every time, but is enforced regularly enough so that a conditioned behavior develops

a schedule based upon an amount of behaviors

a schedule based upon the passage of time

a predictable schedule

an unpredictable schedule

technique of instructing complex behaviors by breaking them down into smaller components and applying reinforcement after each step

learned behaviors that develop with no direct reinforcement and only tend to appear out of necesity *not knowing you actually know something, because you weren't tested on it*

sudden flash of understanding and solving abilities

observational learning; mokey-see, monkey-do

classical conditioning "Dog saliva" - conditioned response experiments

Classical Conditioning "Little Albert Einstein" - phobias, generalization, & extinction first real american psychologist

operant conditioning "law of effect" & "learning curve" - ONLY rewards

operant conditioning "premack principle" - ONLY rewards

operant conditioning "skinner boxes" - reinforcements and punishments

social learning cognitive mapping with "mouse mazes" - latent learning

social learning "chimpanzee experiments" - insight

social learning "Bobo Doll Experiment" - modeling