Learning Theory

Increase in responsiveness to a stimulus is called?

• Desensitisation

• Habituation

• Sensitisation

Answer explanation

Often tends to be linked with bad/scary exeriences

Repeated presentation of a stimulus leads to a reduction in response

• Sensitisation

• Habituation

• rehabilitation

Answer explanation

Important for training and survival so animal learns to ignore inconseqential information

Pavlov is associated with...

• Habituation

• operant conditioning

• classical conditioning

Answer explanation

Pavlov notice that there was a connection formed between an existing response and a new stimulus, when feeding dogs and ringing a bell!!

Operant conditioning is a form of ...

• associative learning

• non-associative learning

Reinforcement is used to?

• decrease behaviour

• Increase behaviour

Punishment is used to?

• decrease behaviour occuring

• increase behaviour occurring

Negative reinforcement means?

• removal of something aversive to increase behaviour

• removal of something pleasant to decrease the frequency of the behaviour

Answer explanation

For example remocval of leg pressure when horse has moved forwards.

Positive reinforcement is?

• addition of something upleasant to decrease frequency of behaviour

• addition of something pleasant to increase frequency of behaviour