Classic Conditioning
unconditioned stimulus (UCS)
Something that naturally elicits a reaction
vicarious punishment
watching behavior getting punished and not doing that behavior
negative reinforcer
taking away something unwanted as a reward
bf skinner head is...
big
positive reinforcer
giving something wanted as a reward
the ability to behave in a new situation in a way that has been learned in other similar situations
Bobo Doll experiment's maker
Albert Bandura
shaping
rewarding more for better behavior or rewarding less for worse behavior
Baby Albert experiment showed
classic conditioning
name all of the reinforcement schedules
VI
VR
FI
FR
conditioned response (CR)
same as the response to the unconditioned stimulus
vicarious reinforcement
watching behavior being repeated and repeating that behavior
fixed-interval
reward after a set or known amount of time
BF Skinner
experiments on pigeons and rats in a cage
punishment
taking away a wanted thing or giving something unwanted
stimulus discrimination
the ability to distinguish between one stimulus and similar stimuli
prosocial learning
sharing, helping, and cooperating
law of effect
any behavior that is followed by pleasant consequences is likely to be repeated, and any behavior followed by unpleasant consequences is likely to be stopped
other than copying the adult in the bobo doll experiment what did the children do
found new ways to be aggressive to the doll
accurately mock mrs. murphy
OK SO WE SO
acquisition
the time when conditioned stimulus and unconditioned stimulus are associated
TV and observational learning
learning from watching
variable-ratio
reward after a random amount of repetitions of a behavior
Pavlov’s experiment
dogs drooling
fixed-ratio
reward after set number of repitions