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Learned Behaviour
A result of experience
Classic Conditioning
Pavlov’s Dogs:https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/johnchay/www/cc.htm
Classic conditioning – associating an unrelated stimulus with a reaction.
1st time – no reaction to bell ringingSubsequent times – salivating to sound of
bell
Operant conditioning
Trial and error learning Reward follows response
SUCC
ESS!!
Examples of operant conditioning
Rat finds the right button that dispenses food
In addition, if it trips the wrong button, it is shocked
Examples of operant conditioning
Child plays. Studies show that children that are allowed to play freely are better problem solvers as adults.
Parental discipline.
Habituation – ignoring stimuli
We respond to stimuli to keep ourselves alive. If no negative (or positive) effects come from reacting to a stimulus, we learn to “get used to it”, or ignore it. This is HABITUATION.
Habituation examples Living on a main road, you don’t hear
the cars as often as a visitor.
Scarecrow works for a day or two, but crows will return to the spot soon.
My dog, Kevin, no longer gets excited by the word “walkies”, as I’ve overused it to get his attention.
Why habituate?
Often responding to stimuli is time and energy-consuming.
Wasting time and energy if responding to unimportant stimuli
Insight
Applying past experience to solving a new problem
Highly developed in humans – can also use others’ experiences to help us to solve new problems
Again, play and experimentation plays a big part in highly developed problem solving skills
Insight example Chimp in room,
bananas hanging from ceiling
Cannot reach by jumping
Stacks boxes to climb, using past play experiences to solve problem
Imprinting
Recognition of a parent from birth/ hatching.
May be an attachment to the “wrong” parent (eg. Another species, even an inanimate object)
Imprinting is very rapid and lasting learning.
Imprinting – Lorenz’ ducklings Ducklings form
attachment to first moving thing they see
Saw Lorenz first – followed him around
Would follow other humans, but not other ducks.
Lorenz’ ducklings
Would court Lorenz and other humans, but not other ducks.
Identified themselves as the same species as Lorenz
Imprinting in Humans First bond formation between baby
and mother is similar to imprinting. Transferring of bonds when young
(through adoption etc) can be very traumatic for child
In hospitals, parents are now encouraged to spend more time with sick babies, in case the baby bonds with nurses instead of a parent
What do we learn from animal behaviour?
Control of animals – domesticated dogs from wolves. Dog owner must present themselves to be the leader of the pack
Looking after animals, on farms and in veterinary clinics
Predicting some effects of environment change/destruction
Activities
Complete table in your book.
Glossary: classic conditioning, operant conditioning, habituation, insight, imprinting
Quick Check questions pg 362
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