PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Classical Conditioning, Learning, Contiguity
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Relatively permanent change in behavior brought about by experience or practice. Associative learning- learning that occurs when an animal makes a connection between two events. Observational learning- learning that occurs through observing and intimidating others behaviors. Neutral stimulus- stimulus that has no effect on the desired response. Unconditioned stimulus(us)- naturally occurring (not learned) stimulus that normally leads to the response. Unconditioned response (ur)- reflex response to the unconditioned stimulus. (automatic elicited-unlearned) Conditioned stimulus (cs)- previously neutral stimulus that becomes able to produce the cr. Conditioned response (cr)-the response given to the cs. Conditioned= learned response not a normal reaction without training. Acquisition- the initial learning of the connection between the us and cs. Contingency- the cs must come before the usc and the neutral stimulus must be paired with ucs multiple times. Contiguity- cs and ucs must occur close together in time. Sign tracking- approaching or interacting with the cs as if it were rewarding in its own right.
