Habituation

[rickjames2001]

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Question on kaplans practice test.

A monkey is trained to push a button when he responds to a bell. The bell rings every two minutes for 2 days. then the monkey will not push the button. This is an example of:

Extinction or Habituation?

Kaplan says extinction. I think it is habituation. Your thoughts?

 

[ucla2134]

It is extinction since the stimulus did not signify any danger so he will ignore it.

 

[rickjames2001]

thanks

 

[denticus]

Question on kaplans practice test.

A monkey is trained to push a button when he responds to a bell. The bell rings every two minutes for 2 days. then the monkey will not push the button. This is an example of:

Extinction or Habituation?

Kaplan says extinction. I think it is habituation. Your thoughts?

It's extinction because the monkey no longer sees a relationship between the unconditioned stimulus (whatever was used to train the monkey to touch the button when he heard the bell) and the conditioned stimulus (the bell). Habituation is usually used to describe jading of an unconditioned response (usually a startle response) to some stimulus that caused it (sudden movement/sound/pain) independant of conditioning to anything whatsoever. After a while the subject will become habituated to the stimulus. In other words, the subjects will begin to associate the stimulus to it's natural environment and will treat it as such (i.e. will no longer be startled by it). Notice that no conditioning took place with regards to a conditioned stimulus.

 

[Physics Guy1421]

It's extinction because the monkey no longer sees a relationship between the unconditioned stimulus (whatever was used to train the monkey to touch the button when he heard the bell) and the conditioned stimulus (the bell). Habituation is usually used to describe jading of an unconditioned response (usually a startle response) to some stimulus that caused it (sudden movement/sound/pain) independant of conditioning to anything whatsoever. After a while the subject will become habituated to the stimulus. In other words, the subjects will begin to associate the stimulus to it's natural environment and will treat it as such (i.e. will no longer be startled by it). Notice that no conditioning took place with regards to a conditioned stimulus.

By any chance would you mind explaining extinction a little more. Your definintion of habituation is awesome and it completely makes since. But I'm still having a tough time telling the difference between habituation and extinction.

The way I remember habituation is by an example I read...young birds crouch (startle response) when they see objects flying over head (leaves, other birds, etc). But after a while since they have no consequences, the birds stop crouching and accept them as part of their environment. This seems very similar to the monkey scenario. So in the case of the monkey, is it extinction because the the bell is not a startle response?
Would extinction be defined as a diminishing, learned response to a repeatd stimulus?

Thanks!

 

[Physics Guy1421]

Question on kaplans practice test.

A monkey is trained to push a button when he responds to a bell. The bell rings every two minutes for 2 days. then the monkey will not push the button. This is an example of:

Extinction or Habituation?

Kaplan says extinction. I think it is habituation. Your thoughts?

I just took that kaplan test and it says that habituation is the correct answer. It says extinction is the dying out of a species.

 

[151AND8TH]

I think of habituation as getting used to something. I even try to use that term in my every day language now. sort of like a soldier in a war hearing a gun shot or someone living in a bad part of town hearing a gun shot. you hear it so much that it doesnt bother you anymore

 

[Physics Guy1421]

thanks for the reply, glad somebody else thought the same