Talking a lot about Pavlovian conditioning today.So far, fairly dull.
Acquisition of behavior is the process of getting a new response to a stimulus.
Extinction is the phenomenon of losing a learned response. The association of stimulus and behavior isn’t necessarily gone, but the subject stops giving the behavior. Reacquiring the behavior will generally be quicker a second time.
Spontaneous recovery is the phenomenon of an extinct behavior cropping back up again without being reinforced. This is common. If you reinforce the behavior after a spontaneous recovery, it will resurge strongly.
Reflexes can be files into three categories.
- Present at birth, and then dissipates
- Present at birth, and permanent
- Not present at birth, but show up as you mature