Learning

learning

some type of change

things can be ______ and those same things can move to _________ and be ______

learned, extinction, unlearned

most effective learning techniques

flashcards and active recall

learning STEM techniques

• practice problems

• experiments/labs

• be interested in research

behaviorism

reinforced or conditioned for a certain behavior

what is reinforcement for?

good or preferred behavior

punishment is for?

bad or not preferred behavior

accidental reinforcement

think problematic behavior (delinquency) and you give punishment that winds up being reinforcing
- attention

rewarding oneself for good behavior is a form of

reinforcement

what mental illness is reinforcement commonly used to treat?

ADHD

what are the types of reinforcement?

• positive reinforcement: adding something good to continues behavior - giving candy for using the toilet

• positive punishment: adding something bad to stop a behavior - yelling at someone for poor behavior

• negative reinforcement: taking away something bad to continue a behavior - taking an advil to get rid of a headache

• negative punishment: taking away something good to stop a behavior - taking away a cell phone for being out late

what do schedules of reinforcement do? what are the two categories what do they do?

they reinforce behavior in specific ways

• ratio: action amounts

• interval: time amounts

four types of schedules of reinforcement

• variable interval: changing amount of time between rewards

• variable ratio: changing amount of actions/time doing something until the reward

• fixed interval: a certain amount of time between rewards

• fixed ratio: a certain amount of actions between rewards

what can variable schedules lead to?

• over doing activities/over seeking reinforcement

• childhood narcissism

what neurotransmitter is most involved with reinforcement? what does it deal with? what addiction does this explain?

• dopamine

• deals with the idea of a reward not the reward itself

• drugs

what treatment is commonly used for OCD

scheduling unsettling time
- a time in which OCD is purposefully active in order to help the individual be more comfortable with and be able to deal with OCD mentality

what makes us like people more?

when people let us help them

what is one type of response that is able to be conditioned? what case is a prominent example of this?

• fear response

• little albert experiment

generalization

generalizing a certain response
- ex: being afraid of a white fluffy bunny and then being afraid of everything white and fluffy

john locke

blank slate/tabula rossa mentality
- we can do and be anything we want

socrates' idea

innate knowledge

unconditioned stimulus

would cause a response naturally

what does the unconditioned stimulus become?

the conditioned stimulus

unconditioned response

your innate response to the unconditioned stimulus

conditioned stimulus

what is paired with someone to elicit a response

conditioned response

the response that occurs after conditioning when exposed to the conditioned stimulus