Unit 6: Learning 7-9%

Module 26: How We Learn and

Classical Conditioning
Different Forms of Learning
⚫Learning is the process of acquiring through
experience new and relatively enduring information or
behaviors.
⚫Associative Learning is learning that certain events
occur together.
⚫Cognitive Learning is the acquisition of mental
information, by observing events, watching others or
through language.
Habituation is…..
⚫Decreasing
responsiveness
with repeated
exposure to a
stimulus.
Stimulus is…..
⚫An event
or situation
that evokes
a response.
 Respondent and Operant
Behavior
Respondent Operant
⚫Behavior that ⚫Behavior that
occurs as an operates on the
automatic environment,
response to producing
some stimulus consequences.
Classical Conditioning
⚫A type of learning
in which we link two
or more stimuli.
 Response and Stimulus
⚫ Neutral Stimulus (NS) in CC, a stimulus that elicits no response before
conditioning.
⚫ Unconditioned Stimulus (US) in CC, a stimulus that unconditionally-
naturally/automatically- triggers a UR.
⚫ Unconditioned Response (UR) in CC, an unlearned, naturally
occurring response to an US.
⚫ Conditioned Stimulus (CS) in CC, originally a NS that after association
with a US, comes to trigger a CR.
⚫ Conditioned Response (CR) in CC, a learned response to a previously
neutral stimulus.
Acquisition and Higher Order Conditioning
Acquisition Higher Order Conditioning

⚫The initial stage

⚫When one links a
NS and US so that
the NS triggers a
CR
 Extinction and Spontaneous
Recovery
⚫Extinction is the
diminishing of a
conditioned response.
⚫Spontaneous
Recovery is the
reappearance of an
extinguished CR
 Generalization and
Discrimination
Generalization Discrimination
⚫The tendency to ⚫Learned ability
respond to stimuli
similar to the CS. to distinguish
⚫Response to different between CS and
noises similar to the
sound of the bell in
a similar
Pavlov`s experiment. stimulus.
 Module 26 Quiz
⚫You have the rest of this period and the next period to
study for your Module 26 Quiz.
⚫It will be worth 25 points
⚫It will be two parts:
⚫6 multiple choice questions on pg. 281.
⚫You will need to know the definitions for: Learning, Associative
Learning, Cognitive Learning, Habituation, Stimulus, Respondent Behavior, Operant
Behavior, Classical Conditioning, Neutral Stimulus, Unconditioned Stimulus,
Unconditioned Response, Conditioned Response, Conditioned Stimulus, Acquisition,
Extinction, Spontaneous Recovery, Generalization, Discrimination.