Rat Maze Activity
description
Transcript of Rat Maze Activity
Rat Maze Activity
• complete the maze starting at the ear and ending at the tail
• you must work on your own to complete it• receive a small piece of candy when maze completed
• Try again—you can complete as many mazes as possible in the time allotted
RAT MAZES
A Demonstration in Instrumental Learning and Operant Conditioning
• This is an example of – trial and error learning– instrumental learning/conditioning
• Thorndike = response to a stimulus is strengthened when they are instrumental in producing rewards
– operant conditioning• B. F. Skinner = positive reinforces strengthen a
response if experienced after the response occurs
– Each time a completed maze was handed in, candy was received as positive reinforcement
Lemonade Experiment
What is Learning?
• Learning refers to the • relatively permanent change
in subject’s behavior to a given situation
• brought about by repeated experience in that situation
• provided that the behavior change cannot be explained on the basis of native response tendencies, maturation or temporary states of the subject (fatigue, drugs, etc.)
Associative Learning: We learn by association
Our minds naturally connect events that occur in sequence
learning that two events occur together two stimuli a response and its consequences
Classical Conditioning VS Operant Conditioning• Classical
• Neutral stimulus is paired with a stimulus that elicits response
• Eventually the neutral stimulus causes the response
• Pavlov (dog saliva)• Watson (little Albert)
• Operant• Process of learning
based on producing positive consequences and avoiding negative ones
• Measured by rate of response
• Skinner (pigeons)
Classical or Pavlovian Conditioning
We learn to associate two stimuli
Classical Conditioning Terms Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)
stimulus that unconditionally--automatically and naturally--triggers a response
Unconditioned Response (UCR) unlearned, naturally occurring response to the unconditioned stimulus
Conditioned Stimulus (CS) originally irrelevant stimulus that, after association with an
unconditioned stimulus, triggers a conditioned response Conditioned Response (CR)
learned response to a previously neutral conditioned stimulus Acquisition
the phase associating a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus (CS) comes to elicit a conditioned response
Pavlov’s Classic Experiment
Before Conditioning
During Conditioning After Conditioning
UCS (foodin mouth)
Neutralstimulus(tone)
Nosalivation
UCR (salivation)
Neutralstimulus(tone)
UCS (foodin mouth)
UCR(salivation)
CS(tone)
CR (salivation)
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/classical-conditioning.html#lesson
A Classic Study
• John B. Watson• Conditioned “emotion”• Fear response in
humans (1920)• Little Albert
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/watson-and-little-albert.html#lesson
UCS==== UCR
N + UCS====== UCR
Repeated pairings. . . CS=== CR
SO. . . Who gives the shots? WHY?
Extinction
• The gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of the CR
• Involves repeatedly presenting the CS without pairing it with the UCS
Acquisition
• Involves repeated pairings of the CS and UCS
Spontaneous Recovery
• Occurs when a previously extinguished CR suddenly reappears after a period of no training
Generalization
• Tendency to respond to stimuli similar to the CS.• Ex. A child who has been bit by
a dog may fear all dogs.• After 9/11, people responded
anxiously to the sight or sound of planes.
• Generalization can be adaptive• toddlers are taught to fear
moving cars in the street and would respond similarly to trucks and motorcycles.
Discrimination
• Occurs when stimuli similar to the CS do not produce a CR
• The more similar the stimuli are to the CS, the greater the difficulty of discrimination
• Being able to recognize these differences is adaptive.• Ex. Confronted by a pit bull, your heart may race; confronted by a
golden retriever, it likely will not.
The Big Bang Theory: The Gothowitz Deviation