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STIMULUS POSITIF [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2008-07-18
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Animal Behaviour
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- habituation 1, record 1, English, habituation
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
... it is the simplest form of learning. Unlike the other forms, habituation involves not the acquisition of new responses but the loss of old ones. If an animal is given a stimulus which is not associated with any reward or punishment, it ceases to respond. (MANBE, 1979, p. 233). 2, record 1, English, - habituation
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
... habituation is sometimes applied to cases of response decrement in which any absent reinforcement has not been identified. 3, record 1, English, - habituation
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Comportement animal
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- accoutumance
1, record 1, French, accoutumance
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- adaptation négative 2, record 1, French, adaptation%20n%C3%A9gative
correct, feminine noun
- habituation 3, record 1, French, habituation
see observation, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Extinction graduelle d’une réaction héréditaire, consécutive à la présentation répétitive d’une situation ou d’un stimulus qui évoque cette réaction, dans des conditions où aucun renforcement-positif ou négatif-n’ intervient. 4, record 1, French, - accoutumance
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Thorpe a défini cet événement, qu’on appelle «accoutumance», comme une diminution de longue durée de la réaction qui est la conséquence d’une excitation répétée, non suivie d’une situation d’excitation qui aboutit au dressage. 5, record 1, French, - accoutumance
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Le terme «habituation» est un calque de l’anglais. Cependant, son usage est répandu, en particulier dans la bibliographie récente en psychologie et en éthologie. 6, record 1, French, - accoutumance
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Comportamiento animal
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- habituación
1, record 1, Spanish, habituaci%C3%B3n
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Disminución progresiva de la respuesta provocada por un estímulo, debida a la frecuencia con que éste se repite. 2, record 1, Spanish, - habituaci%C3%B3n
Record 2 - internal organization data 2008-07-18
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Animal Behaviour
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- reversal learning
1, record 2, English, reversal%20learning
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Learning the opposite of a discrimination that has previously been acquired; having learned to choose A, not B, from a pair AB, the reversal would be learning to choose B. 2, record 2, English, - reversal%20learning
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Comportement animal
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- apprentissage avec inversions
1, record 2, French, apprentissage%20avec%20inversions
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- apprentissage inversif 2, record 2, French, apprentissage%20inversif
masculine noun
- apprentissage de la situation inverse 3, record 2, French, apprentissage%20de%20la%20situation%20inverse
masculine noun
- apprentissage inverse 3, record 2, French, apprentissage%20inverse
masculine noun
- apprentissage de l'inversion 3, record 2, French, apprentissage%20de%20l%27inversion
masculine noun
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Second apprentissage discriminatif dans lequel le stimulus antérieurement positif devient négatif et vice-versa. 2, record 2, French, - apprentissage%20avec%20inversions
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
On a trouvé que le surentraînement retardait l’apprentissage inverse chez les chats et les singes ayant une expérience très poussée. [...] En outre, Mackintosh (1969) a confirmé l’idée que le surentraînement facilite l’apprentissage de l’inversion dans des cas où la discrimination est difficile et la récompense importante. (HINCO, 1975, page 703). 3, record 2, French, - apprentissage%20avec%20inversions
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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