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Learning
Marian M. Lagundino, MA
Instructor
LEARNING
Any relatively permanent change in behavior or
behavior potential caused by reinforced practice or
experience.
The change must be relatively
enduring depending on the length of need for the new behavior
or capabilities
The behavioralchange may or
may not be immediately
observed. The change may be
manifested in the behavior potential
Some things you have learned may
not be directly observable nor
overtly measured or expressed
Not all change is accomplished through learning.
Learning will occur when you consider intellectual capacity,
readiness, past learning and motivational and personality
factors.
The environment must also provide opportunities for correct
practice, high quality learning materials, and conducive
social factors as well as satisfactory characteristics and
skills of the teacher.
IVAN PAVLOV
Russian physiologist
(1849-1936)
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reflex
stimulus
response CLASSICAL CONDITIONING
Learning to make an involuntary response to a stimulus
other than the original, natural stimulus that produces the
reflex.
Unconditioned stimulus (UCS): A naturally occurring stimulus that leads to an
involuntary response
Unconditioned response (UCR): An involuntary response to a naturally occurring
or unconditioned stimulus
Neutral stimulus (NS): Stimulus that has no effect on the desired response
Conditioned stimulus (CS): Stimulus that becomes able to produce a learned reflex
response by being paired with the original UCS
Conditioned response (CR): Learned reflex response to a conditioned stimulus
Before conditioning
STIM
ULUS
RESPONSE
UCS UCR
NS
During conditioning
STIM
ULUS
RESPONSE
After conditioning
STIM
ULUS
RESPONSE
CS CR
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http://quigleyscabinet.blogspot.com/2009/08/pavlovs-dog.html
Two factors to ensure learning:
CONTIGUITY: how close together in time are the US
and CS presented
CONTINGENCY: the degree to which the US is
presented must be consistent
STIMULUS GENERALIZATION
The tendency to respond to a stimulus that is only
similar to the original CS with the CR
STIMULUS DISCRIMINATION
The tendency to stop making a generalized response to
a stimulus that is similar to the original CS
Extinction
The disappearance or
weakening of a
learned response
Spontaneous recovery
The reappearance of a
learned response after
extinction has occurred
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EDWARD THORNDIKE
American psychologist
(1874-1949)
http://www.csus.edu/indiv/w/wickelgren/psyc001/ClassLectureThreeOperant.html
dish of food
lever
hungry cat
stimulus
consequence
response
Puzzle box
LAW OF EFFECT
If an action is followed by a pleasurable consequence,
it will tend to be repeated,
and if followed by an
unpleasant consequence, it will tend not to be
repeated.
BF SKINNER
American behaviorist
(1904-1990)
Skinner box
OPERANT CONDITIONING
The learning of voluntary behavior through the effects
of pleasant and unpleasant consequences to
responses
OPERANT
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SHAPING : a learning process of gradually
teaching the animal to produce responses towards a
final desired behavior by giving rewards to those that
are closer and closer to the target response
REINFORCEMENT
Any event or stimulus that when following a response,
increases the probability that the response will
occur again
In Operant Conditioning, REINFORCEMENT is the
key to LEARNING.
POSITIVE reinforcement
Reinforcement of a response by the
addition or experiencing of a
pleasurable stimulus
NEGATIVE reinforcement
Reinforcement of a response by the removal , escape from or
avoidance of an unpleasant stimulus
Schedule of reinforcement
Refers to a program that determines HOW and
WHEN the occurrence of a response will be
followed by a reinforcer.
Continuous Reinforcement
Every occurrence of the operant
results in delivery of the
reinforcer
Partial Reinforcement
A situation in which responding is
reinforced only some of the
time
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AMOUNT OF TIME
NUMBER OF RESPONSESFixed-Ratio schedule
Variable-Ratio schedule
Fixed-Interval schedule
Variable-Interval schedule
Fixed-Ratio Schedule:
A reinforcer occurs only after a fixed number of responses
by the subject
Variable-Ratio Schedule:
A subject must make a variable or different number of
responses for delivery of each reinforcer.
Fixed-Interval Schedule:
A reinforcer occurs following the first response that occurs
after a fixed interval of time.
Variable-Interval Schedule:
A reinforcer occurs following the first response after a
variable amount of time has gone by.
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PUNISHMENT
An event or object that when following a response,
makes that response less likely to happen again
POSITIVE punishment
The punishment of a response by
the addition or experiencing of
an unpleasant stimulus
NEGATIVE punishment
The punishment of a response by the removal of a pleasurable
stimulus
Punishment by application Punishment by removal
Severe punishment stops the behavior immediately. It
may not stop it permanently, but it does stop it.What are problems with using
punishment?
1. Justifies inflicting physical pain
which not only damages self-
esteem but also teaches
aggressive behavior.
Severe punishment…
2. Teaches you what not to do but
is unable to teach correct
behavior in a given situation.
Severe punishment…
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3. Encourages fear and defensive
behavior which may not be
worth marginally learning to
stop certain behaviors
Severe punishment… Generalization: an animal or person emits the same response to similar stimuli
Discrimination: a response is emitted in the presence of a stimulus that is reinforced and not in the presence of unreinforced stimuli
Extinction: removal of reinforcer
Spontaneous recovery: temporary recovery in the rate of responding
Cognitive Learning
EDWARD TOLMAN
American Gestalt
Psychologist
(1886-1959)
We learn cognitively even during behavioral
conditioning by forming and using our
knowledge and expectation of what leads to
what in our environment.
Learning goes beyond simple associations
between stimuli or responses and is possible
without the need for reinforcement.
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Did not
receive
food
rewards
Received
food
rewards on
the 11th day
onwards
Received
food rewards
Cognitive map: mental representation of our environment
LATENT LEARNING
Learning that remains hidden until its application
becomes useful
DISCOVERY LEARNING
Acquiring complex intellectual knowledge and skills
with understanding
vs
ROTE LEARNING: learning without understanding
Social Learning
ALBERT BANDURA
Canadian social
cognitivist
(1925-present)
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MODELING: We learn by observing others and
replicating their responses.
4 ELEMENTS
1. ATTENTION
2. RETENTION
3. REPRODUCTION
4. MOTIVATION