TAL 103 Study Guide - Final Guide: Baby Steps, Long-Term Memory, Inductive Transfer

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Teaching and Learning
• Course: TAL 103
• Professor: Post Shawn

Document Summary

Behavioral learning theory: what is learning & behavioral learning theories. If reinforcement gradually decreases in frequency, people learn to work for extended periods of time without reinforcement: extinction--the disappearance of a learned response. In classical conditioning, conditioned response disappears when conditioned stimulus appears but the unconditioned stimulus doesn"t follow (bell but no food) In operant conditioning, behavior won"t persist if the usual reinforcer is withheld long enough; behavior will eventually stop. Response rate increases as time for reinforcement approaches, then drops after reinforcement. Slow, steady rate of responding; very little pause after reinforcement. Little persistence; rapid drop in response rate when time for reinforcement passes & no reinforcer appears. Fixed-ratio reinforcement after a set number of responses. Little persistence; rapid drop in response rate when expected number of responses given & no reinforcer appears. Very high response rate; little pause after reinforcement.