Conditioning
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- Created on: 11-03-14 17:50
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- Conditioning
- Another form of learned behaviour
- Classical conditioning
- Happens when an animal learns passively (without trying to) to associate a 'neutral stimulus' with an important one
- The response is automatic and reinforced by repetition
- EXAMPLE: Ivan Pavlov - Classical conditioning in dogs - he rang a bell before the dogs were given their food and they would salivate (drool)
- Happens when an animal learns passively (without trying to) to associate a 'neutral stimulus' with an important one
- Operant Conditioning
- 'Trial and error' learning = where an animal learns actively to associate an action with a reward or punishment
- EXAMPLE: Burrhus Skinner - Operant behaviour in pigeons and rats
- Skinner trained rats and pigeons to obtain a food reward using small cage (Skinner box) - the pigeons and rats would use trial and error to see which button to press to gain reward
- Conditioning is used to train animals
- EXAMPLES
- Training guide dogs to stop at a roadside and wait for a command
- Training police sniffer dogs to retrieve dogs
- Training police horses to only respond to commands from their riders
- EXAMPLES
- * Classical conditioning is used in combination with operant conditioning when the reward can't be given at the exact time the act is carried out
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