PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Classical Conditioning, Reinforcement, Cognitive Model
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Neutral stimulus elicits reflexive response, associated with stimulus that already produces that response. Rescorla-wagner model: cognitive model of classical conditioning which states that the strength of the cs-ucs association is determined by the extent to which the. Greater effort by animal to understand why ucs appeared. Second-order conditioning: when something is consistently paired with conditioned stimulus, without unconditioned stimulus, leads to conditioned response. Hebb"s rule: neurons that fire together, wire together. Operant conditioning: learning process in which consequences of an action determine likelihood that it will be performed in the future. Thorndike"s law of effect: any behavior that leads to a satisfying state of affairs" is more likely to occur again, behavior that leads to annoying state of affairs" is less likely to recur. Reinforcer: stimulus that occurs after a response and increases the likelihood that the response will be repeated. Shaping: involves reinforcing behavior that are increasingly similar to the desired behavior.
