Learning

1. Extinction: The process by which the association between the unconditioned stimulus and conditioned stimulus is broken

2. law of effect: consequences of a behavior increase or decrease the likelihood that the behavior will be repeated

3. operant behavior: a form of learning in which responses can be altered by consequences

4. latent learning: learning that occurs without apparent reinforcement and is not displayed until reinforcement is provided

5. Punishment: decreases frequency of an act

5.1. Positive Punishment: adding an unpleasant stimulus

5.2. example: yelling at your child

5.3. Negative Punishment: taking away a desired stimulus

5.4. Example: taking away car keys

6. Classical Conditioning

6.1. Ivan Pavlov- Dogs experiment

6.2. Unconditioned response: Salivation

6.3. Unconditioned stimulus: Food

6.4. Conditioned Stimulus: ringing the bell

6.5. Conditioned response: salivation

7. Acquistion: the initial phase of learning something.

7.1. things that influence the strength

7.2. Frequency Pairings

7.3. Timing

7.4. intensity of uncontrolled substance

8. discriminative stimulus: indicates that reinforcement is available if a desirable behavior is performed

9. Reinforcement: any internal or external event that increases the frequency of a behavior.

9.1. Primary: Not learned, innate and satisfy biological needs, food, water, and sex

9.2. Secondary: learned by association, money, grades, or approval

9.3. Positive Punishment: adding reward

9.4. Example: money for good grades

9.5. Negative punishment: removing an unpleasant stimulant

9.6. Example:doing dishes to avoid nagging