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Classical and Instrumental Conditioning Lecture 8 1 Basic - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Classical and Instrumental Conditioning Lecture 8 1 Basic - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Classical and Instrumental Conditioning Lecture 8 1 Basic Procedure for Classical Conditioning CS US (Bell) (Meat Powder) UR CR (Salivation) (Salivation) 2 Major Phenomena of Classical Conditioning Acquisition CR to CS
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Basic Procedure for Classical Conditioning
CS (Bell) US (Meat Powder) UR (Salivation) CR (Salivation)
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Major Phenomena of Classical Conditioning
- Acquisition
– CR to CS Reinforced by US – Response Gains Strength
- Magnitude of CR
- Probability of CR
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Acquisition: Trial 1
CS US CR Bell Food Drops of Saliva Time
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Acquisition: Trial 5
CS US CR Bell Food Drops of Saliva Time
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Acquisition: Trial 10
CS US CR Bell Food Drops of Saliva Time
Acquisition of a Conditioned Response CS ==> US
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Probability of CR Trials
Negative Acceleration Positive Acceleration
The “Sigmoidal” (S-Shaped) Learning Curve is Also Known as an Ogive
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Two Shapes to the Learning Curve
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Response Strength Trials
Naïve Organism/ Complex Behavior
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Response Strength Trials
Experienced Organism/ Simple Behavior
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Major Phenomena of Classical Conditioning
- Acquisition
- Extinction
– No Reinforcement – Response Loses Strength
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Extinction: Trial 1
CS US CR Bell Food Drops of Saliva Time
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Extinction: Trial 5
CS US CR Bell Food Drops of Saliva Time
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Extinction: Trial 10
CS US CR Bell Food Drops of Saliva Time
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Extinction of a Conditioned Response CS ==> No US
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Probability of CR Trials
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Major Phenomena of Classical Conditioning
- Acquisition
- Extinction
- Spontaneous Recovery
– Rest After Extinction – Retest CS alone
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Spontaneous Recovery After Extinction CS ==> No US
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 Probability of CR Trials Acquisition Extinction Spontaneous Recovery (Rest) Further Extinction
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Re-Acquisition of Extinguished Response CS ==> US
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 Probability of CR Trials Acquisition Extinction Re-Acquisition Spontaneous Recovery Savings in Relearning (Rest)
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Extinction Below Zero
- Extinction Trials Continued After CR
Disappears Entirely
- Reduced Spontaneous Recovery
- Less Savings in Relearning
– Slower Reacquisition
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Major Phenomena of Classical Conditioning
- Acquisition
- Extinction
– Extinction Below Zero
- Spontaneous Recovery
- Re-Acquisition
– CS Reinforced by US – Savings in Relearning
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Implications of Savings and Spontaneous Recovery
- Conditioned Response Not “Lost”
- Rather, Inhibited or Suppressed
– In Line with Changing Circumstances
- Conditioned Stimulus No Longer Reinforced
- CR Can be Disinhibited
– In Line with Changing Circumstances
- CS Reinforced Once Again
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Major Phenomena of Classical Conditioning
- Acquisition
- Extinction
- Spontaneous Recovery
- Re-Acquisition
- Generalization
– CS0 vs. CS1…CSn – Generalization Gradient
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The Generalization Gradient
0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1
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1 2 3 4 5 Probability of CR Test Stimulus
Original CS Lower Higher 250cps 200cps 300cps 350cps 150cps
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Major Phenomena of Classical Conditioning
- Acquisition
- Extinction
- Spontaneous Recovery
- Re-Acquisition
- Generalization
- Discrimination
– CS+ (Reinforced) – CS- (Unreinforced)
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Discrimination Learning CS+ ==> US CS- ==> No US
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Probability of CR Trials
CS+ CS- 250 cps 200 cps
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Review of Classical Conditioning
- Vocabulary
– Unconditioned Stimulus – Unconditioned Response – Conditioned Stimulus – Conditioned Response
- Phenomena
– Acquisition
- Reinforcement
– Extinction – Spontaneous Recovery – Savings in Relearning – Generalization
- Generalization Gradient
– Discrimination
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Sensory Preconditioning
CS2 US CR Bell Food Saliva Light CS2 CS1 Bell Saliva Light CS1 CR 1 2 3
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Higher-Order Conditioning
CS1 US CR Bell Food Saliva Light CS1 CS2 Bell Saliva Light CS2 CR 1 2 3
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Significance of Classical Conditioning
- Extends Control of Reflexes to Other
Environmental Events
– Associations between Events
- Ubiquitous (Nervous System)
- Pavlov: All Learning is Classical
Conditioning (?)
- Laws of Classical Conditioning are the
Laws of Emotional Life
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Thorndike’s Puzzle Box
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Thorndike’s Results
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Thorndike’s Laws of Learning
Law of Readiness Law of Effect Law of Exercise
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Instrumental Conditioning
(Operant Conditioning)
- Learn Adaptive Behavior
– Through Experience of Success, Failure
- Organism Operates on Environment
– Behavior Changes Environment
- Behavior Instrumental
– Obtains Desired State of Affairs
- Associations between Behaviors and
Outcomes
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B.F. Skinner’s Operant Chamber
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Instrumental Conditioning Procedure
- Phase 1: Baseline Behavior
- Phase 2: Acquisition Phase
- Phase 3: Discrimination Learning
- Phase 4: Extinction
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Vocabulary of Instrumental Conditioning
- Conditioned Response (No URs)
- Conditioned Stimulus (No USs)
- Reinforcement
– Positive – Negative (Not Punishment)
- Acquisition
- Extinction
- Generalization
- Discrimination
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Schedules of Reinforcement
- Continuous
- Partial
- Intermittent
– Fixed Ratio (FR) – Variable Ratio (VR) – Fixed Interval (FI) – Variable Interval (VI)
- Differential Reinforcement
– Of Low Rates (DRL) – Of High Rates (DRH)
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Intermittent Reinforcement
The Matching Law
Herrnstein (1970)
- Concurrent VI Schedules
– Give Organism a Choice
- Key A: VI3
- Key B: VI1
- Response Rate is Proportional to the
Frequency of Reinforcement
– Also Magnitude, Delay of Reinforcement
- Basic Principle of Microeconomics
– Supply and Demand
- Relative Value of Reinforcers
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Significance of Instrumental Conditioning
- Voluntary Behaviors Come Under
Control of Environmental Events
– Behavior-Outcome Associations
- Ubiquitous (Vertebrates)
- Thorndike, Skinner: All Learning is
Instrumental/Operant Conditioning (?)
- Laws of Instrumental Conditioning Are