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In a discrimination learning task the organism is required to respond differentially to different stimuli

In the operant conditioning paradigm responses to one stimulus (S+) are reinforced and response to another stimulus (S-) are punished or ignored. This results in the emitting of the response in the presence of S+ but not with the presentation of S-

In a classical conditioning paradigm in the presence of one stimulus, the CS+ (conditioned stimulus) and US (unconditioned stimulus) are paired, but in the presence of another stimulus CS- they are not. Following successful discrimination learning the CR (conditioned response) occurs in the presence of CS+ but not with CS-.

A discriminative response is made by an organism when it chooses between the stimuli that it has learnt are different in order to obtain a reward.

In a typical example a rat will be trained to distinguish between different coloured lights and can then learn to earn a reward for always pressing the lever under the red one.

With discrimination evident in the response it is possible to explore the sensory acuity of animals and their difference thresholds.

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• Learning
• Drug discrimination
• Matching to sample
• Nonreversal shift learning
• Reversal shift learning
• Concept formation
• Differential reinforcement
• Discrimination
• Extinction (learning)
• Fading (conditioning)
• Generalization (Learning)
• Kinship recognition
• Stimulus control
• Stimulus discrimination

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Learning
Types of learning
Avoidance conditioning | Classical conditioning | Discrimination learning | Escape conditioning | Incidental learning | Latent learning | Mnemonic learning | Nonassociative learning | Observational learning |Omission training | Operant conditioning | Place conditioning | Punishment |Second-order conditioning | Sidman avoidance conditioning | Social learning theory | State-dependent learning | Trial and error learning |
Concepts in learning theory
Chaining | Conditioned responses | Conditioned stimulus | Conditioned suppression | Counterconditioning | Covert conditioning | Delay reduction hypothesis | Discriminative response | Distributed practice |Extinction | Fast mapping | Habituation | Implicit repetition | Interstimulus interval | Intermittent reinforcement | Latent inhibition | Learning schedules | Learning strategies |Massed practice | Modelling | Practice | Premack principle | Preconditioning | Primary reinforcement | Response | Reinforcement | Secondary reinforcement | Sensitization | Shaping | Stimulus | Reinforcement schedule | Spontaneous recovery | Transfer of learning | Unconditioned responses |Unconditioned stimulus |
Neuroanatomy of learning
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Neurochemistry of learning
Adenylyl cyclase  |
Learning in clinical settings
Behaviour therapy | Behaviour modification | CBT | Desensitization |Exposure Therapy | Exposure and response prevention | Flooding | Graded practice | Habituation |Learning difficulties&Shaping | Time out | Systematic desensitization | Task analysis |
Learning in education
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Machine learning
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Philosophical context of learning theory
Behaviourism | Connectionism | Constructivism | Functionalism | Logical positivism |Radical behaviourism |
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