Effects of Outcome Predictability on Human Learning

Frontiers in Psychology

Oren Griffiths¹ 

关键词: contingency learning;    human predictive learning;    associability;    cue-outcome association;    outcome predictability;    cue predictiveness;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00511

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Cue-outcome learning is a cornerstone of intelligent action. Learning that a stimulus (the cue) can be used to predict a second event (the outcome) affords adaptive decision making. If an animal can use environmental cues to predict the presence of food (an appetitive outcome) or a predator (an aversive outcome), then it can potentially act to maximize the likelihood of the former and minimize the latter. This capacity also allows for the development of complex associative webs of knowledge. For example, it allows humans to associate a visual icon with an auditory phoneme (and thus read), or to connect new information with existing knowledge. These are fundamental capacities of intelligent agents.

【 授权许可】

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