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Learning techniques and methods analyzed from a psychological perspective.

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Chapter Fi Learning

Introduction
behaviour notduetodrugs
Learning i relatively permenantchange in injurydisease development


Behaviour Any observableactionincludingwordsgesturesresponses ormore thatcanbe repeatedmeasured x are

affected
by a situation to produce or remove an outcome Canalsoreferto biologicalactivity includingactions


on a cellularlevel

If we are bornknowingwhat to dothen it is not learning
Innateskills i are not a result of learning we're born with them

can't be stopped reflexes ex pulling handaway from hot objects
Reflexes help indivivals survive w out requiringthem to learnhow to respond Automatic or

simple responses
Pavlovianconditioningi when we associate 2 events a signal r what's signaled

Operantconditioninghowwe learnwhathappenswhenwe do something Instrumental

Social learningi when we learn to dosomething by watching others
Latent learning when we learn something butdon'tshow it untilwe have a reason to use our

new knowledge

can besocial operant or Pavlovian

Biological constraintsidictatewhatwe will or won't associate in each type of learning



PavlovianConditioning
studiedhowdogs digest food dogssaluated in responseto him putting on his coat to feedthem

Conditioning is learning Makes our environment more predictable

Stimulus canbe in the environment that we candetect is measurable canevoke a response or behavior

, Food salivation
Unconditional stimulus thatproduces an unconditional response an innatereflex

Conditional stimulus signals or predicts an unconditional stimulus
labratorycoat salivation
Learninghasoccurred when the conditional stimulus forces a conditionalresponse a conditionedreflex

Reflexesinvolveunconditionalstimuli orresponses the stimulusforcesthe involuntaryresponse

Neutralstimulusi a typeofstimulus that has no meaning

Order conditional stimuls conditionalresponse unconditional stimulus unconditionalresponse

Pavlovianconditioning takesadvantage of reflexes s involves associating a previouslyneutralstimulus w an


already meaningful stimulus Theneutral stimulushasbecome a conditional stimuluswhen it elicits a

conditional response before the unconditional stimulus appears Thus theconditional response is a measure of learning




AssociatingStimuli Temporal conditioning stimulus
conditionalstimulus lightning

conditional response wince startle

Unconditional stimulus loudthunder

Unconditional response startle

Covering our ears is voluntarybehavior which is not a partof Pavlovian conditioning

Conditional stimulus is importantbecause it predicts whenthe unconditional stimulus will occur




Pavlovian Task Aversion Learning

Type of traceconditioning is tasteaversionlearning
we eat a food z thenseveralhours later we experianceillness The next timethatfood is encountered

peopletendto avoid it or oftenfeel ill
Conditionalstimulus tasteoffood conditional response nausea unconditionalstimulus illnesscausingbacteria

unconditional
response sickness

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