Learning Record Form For Research ONLY Name: Tommy Varun Saketharam
The purpose of this form is to document your learning as you are researching.
What you should see is that learning is a process. Your goal should be to update this form on a daily basis as you work and find out additional information:
Include the information you have learned, with the main ideas summarized in your own words. If you cant summarize it in your own words, you havent learned it.
Include the dates so that you can monitor your learning process.
As you learn more, you should always have more questions. We should see continuous questions and answers as you seek to deepen your knowledge.
Knowledge Section: This section will be where you record what you know, as well as what you learn. At the end it should give us a picture of the learning that took
place during this project.
Things you know and things you learned: This section will be the first section you will fill out. Here you will list, summarized in your own words, every important
idea that you know so far. Later, as you learn more, you should add to this list. Choose a specific color for all the things that you know. Choose a different color
for all the things that you learn. This should be summarized in your own words.
Question Sections: Questions drive learning. Asking effective questions is the key to real learning. You should keep a careful record of all questions that come to your
mind. If the teacher comes to ask what you are doing, you should be able to show them the question that is driving your learning.
Things you know that you dont know: These should be questions that come from you. Having focused questions is an important part of doing efficient research.
If the teacher comes to ask you what you are doing, you should be able to show them the question you are focused on. As you learn new information, add it to the
things you know section in a different color.
Things you didnt know that you dont know: As you continue to research and learn, you will come across words or ideas that you have never heard of before.
This is a very valuable chance to learn. It will also lead you to have questions such as: what does this word mean? Who made this theory? How does this relate to
this? These questions will add even more opportunities for you to learn. As you learn the answers to these questions, add them to the things you learned list in a
third different color.
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April, 10, 2017 April 10 2017
1. What actually are ways through which human and animals learn? 1) When should we feed a hamster?
2. How does hamster learn? 2)How much should we feed the hamster?
3. What types of food does hamster eat?
4. How does hamster learn?
5. What factors affect learning method of hamster?
6. How much should we feed the hamster?
7. When should we feed a hamster?
8. What are the types of hamster?
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April 10, 2017
Human can learn by physical (doing thing practically), visual (use picture, image, and what we see) and aural (learn from spoken information).
Animal learn from experience (learn through trials and mistakes), environment (social and friend), and learn from being hunted (which is to escaping from predators).
Human learning method include more than those three things. Apart from that, there are also solitary (study by yourself), social (to help as a group), logical (use reasoning and
concept to explain something), verbal (used both speaking and writing as a word-based learning). Animal learning types are mostly depending on environment. Firstly,
habituation is decreasing in frequency of behaviour that is respond non-benecial to themselves, while sensitisation is the increase in frequency of behaviour that is benecial to
the animal. Thirdly, Classical conditioning is when animal learn to respond the same way to more than one stimuli which is happened when the behaviour are repeatedly being
exposed to stimuli. Next, observational learning is to observe the behaviour of another individual and then design to copy or avoid it. Fifth, play also help to developed the
physical skills and tness of individual. Sixth, insight learning is the method that focussed on the solution to solve problem that doesnt involved trial but required intelligence.
Hamsters are omnivorous they eat both vegetable and meat. The primary diet includes proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and water. There are the type of hamster
who loves to eat insect, frogs, lizards, and other small animals, while another type eats seeds, grain and grasses.
Some type of hamsters are syrian, campbells, Winter white and Chinese.
About half of spoon of pellets should be fed a day
Evening and Morning feeding time is the most appropriate.
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April 17 2017 April 17 2017
1) Memory of organisms 1) Graph of learning
April 18 2017 April 20 2017
1) What brand of hamsters food should we give to the hamster? 1) Animals determination of important events
2) what are control variables in the experiment April 21 2017
April 20 2017 1) why is bird foraging not sensitization?
1) Learning for animals are costly
2) Long term and short term memory
April 21 2017
1) Associative Learning
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April 17 2017
Memory started from your sense of organs; smell, hear, see, touch, and taste. The synapses are the activator that transferring the sensation into electrical memory that
stimulate to build proteins. The protein is like a machine that store memories in short term. To make a long term memory, more protein and synaptic connection is needed.
Learning curve is a graphical represent the relationship between number of trial and the likelihood that it will perform the task correctly
April 18 2017
The hamster food should be Oxbow brand because it shows the nutrient that the hamster need.
The control variables are water, daily exercise, sleep hours .
April 20 2017
Learning is costly because it require time, space in the brain, and chemical reactions. The short term memory will last for 15-30 seconds before forgetting, while the long term
memory will lasted for 1 second-Lifetime. There are two types of information that animal learn. The rst one is the inf that important now, but not later. The second one is inf
that is important for the whole life. Selective attention is what used to decide what is important and what we can forget.
Animals recognize what need for survival for a long time and what is needed to perform a particular task, based on which the animals adjust their memory.
April 21 2017
Associative learning states that ideas and experiences reinforce each other and can be mentally linked to one another.
Stimulus is an event or thing that creates a response. Ex. The stimuli that cause the cat to be aggressive and hissing.
Habituation is the long loss of response to a stimulus when the stimulus is given repeatedly. Ex. Dog will run away and hide when he see human. If this occur over time, the dog
will stop being to scared human.
Sensation is an increase in response to a stimuli due to experience. Ex. prairie Dog is being chased and killed by a dog. If survive, he will have fearful response when seeing a big
dog.
Conditioning is the building association between two events. Ex. Bird forages for bug under a rock and nd a bug. When the bird repeat this behaviour and still nd a bug. Then
bird can assume that if they repeat behaviour again, they will nd a bug.
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April 24 2017 April 27 2017
1) Operant and Classical conditioning differences 1)what effects does omega-3 have on organisms?
2) What are UCS, UCR, CS, and CR.
3) Ivan Pavlov, what he did?
April 27 2017
1) Flooding, desensitization, and graded exposure, counterconditioning and graded
counterconditioning.
Things you know and things you learned.
April 21 2017
Conditioning requires a pairing between two stimuli. In the case of bird, there is pairing between the rock and the food. However, sensitization does not involve the pairing of
two stimuli.
April 24 2017
2 types of conditioning: Classical and operant conditioning
Ivan Pavlov- Russian psychologist- studied digestive system and production of insulin.
Experiment with salivation of dog->Classical conditioning
Unconditioned Stimuli-> Food causes Unconditioned response -> salivation
UCS+CS=UCR
Then eventually, UCR becomes CR - conditioned response
Association of two stimuli by responding similarly.
April 27 2017
Flooding is a training method that expose the animal to the stimulus for a prolonged time until the animal realised that there are no harm and shouldnt fear it
This is not the recommended method.
However, stopping the stimulus before the ooding is completed will cause the animal to be more fearful.
Desensitisation is a behaviour technique use to treat fear, anxiety disorder and phobias.
Overtime, animals are exposed to a stimulus until they no longer reach to the stimulus. There are three step which are discover the thing that cause fear. After that
exposed the animal to that thing where animal can see it and still ne (Repeat exposure).
Lastly, change the variable and repeat the exposure.
Graded exposure is a training method that exposes an animal to stimulus in steps until stimulus no longer cause fear.
Starting by exposed animal to the stimulus at the furthest distance. Once the animal become comfortable at that distance, go to next step. Then repeat until animal
doesnt show fear.
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April 28 2017 May 01 2017
1) What cages are appropriate for hamsters? 1) what effect does omega-3 has on brain
2) Which mazes are best? 2)Why is 8 armed maze more effective than normal maze?
April 29 2017 3) How does stress affect rats weight
1)What are UCS, UCR, CS, and CR in our experiment?
May 01 2017
1)Hamsters Food?
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April 27 2017
Graded exposure are alike to desensitisation but they animal started to be place in the distance where they rst show fear.
Counterconditioning is a training method that uses positive stimulus to change the emotional state of animals while they are exposed to a feared stimulus. Ex. the dog were
placed with another scary dog and show fear. Then its rewarded with food. Overtime, the dog will associate scary dog with the feeling they get from food.
Omega-3 helps reduce the damage caused by stress to the brain. This causes cognitive problems and stress since omega-6 increases inammation due to stress and cortisol
prevents formation of DHA a long-chain omega-3 fat.
Example: The rat that consumes an enriched (more) omega 3 contained food gain more weight during the time of a restraint stress; on the other hand, rats that consume a diet
of normal or lacked omega 3 tend to lose weight over the same period of time under the same condition.
April 28 2017
Hamster need large and escape-proof cage thats easy to clean up. Second thing is the bre-base bedding. Third is the food dished.
There are many kind of maze, but the one that weve study today called The radial arm maze which has a centre area and eight spokes radiating out from the core.
April 29 2017
UCS-> Food
UCR-> Hamsters walk towards and eat
CS-> Maze
CR-> Hamsters walk towards and eat
May 1 2017
Hamsters like to eat seed, grains, nut, fruits and vegetable. The primary balanced diet for hamsters include Proteins used for growth and tissue repair, Carbohydrates and Fats as
an energy and warmth provider, Vitamins to keep hamster in a good health, Minerals for building up strong bones, and water, the basis need for body to function. Omega 3 plays
an important role for cell membranes and is necessary for the helping to improve the brain function and behaviour. Foods that are high in Omega 3 include egg, milk, oats.
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May 9 2017
1)John B. Watson and method of generalization
May 18 2017
1)Purpose and differences of classical conditioning and operant conditioning
2)Edward Thorndike studies
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May 1 2017
Hamsters are less likely to get any brain diseases or behavior disorder such as on memory, cognition, and aggressive behavior if they consume the fair amount of Omega 3.
8 armed maze tests the memory of the rat more effectively because it clearly demonstrate whether or not hamsters remember the arm it has been through to eat the food.
Normal maze also tests memory but may not show as clear results.
Omega-3 fatty acids may contribute to improved body composition by increasing metabolism and fat burning potential . They also seem to suppress appetite, which leads to the
consumption of fewer calories
May 9 2017
Watson is an American psychologist who established the psychological school of behaviour. He and his colleague, Rosalin Rayner, conducted an inuential study of
generalisation
Generalisation is animals ability to respond in the same way to different but similar stimuli.
Both conduct an experiment called Little Albert Experiment by conditioned the fear of human. 11months old boy call little Albert was exposed to a little white mouse(Neutral
Stimulus) and doesn't show fear. Then he was exposed to a white mouse and a loud sound (UC) which made him cry (UCR). Overtime, little Albert becomes frightened of a white
mouse without the loud noise. (UCR becomes CR). After that, he fear to a number of furry objects ex. Santa claus.
May 18 2017
Classical conditioning used to change emotional state by forming an association between two things. Operant conditioning used to increased or decreased a behaviour by
forming and association between behaviour and consequence.
There are two goals for operant conditioning. Reinforcement is to encourage the behaviour to be repeated while punishment" is to discourage the behaviour from happening.
There are also 2 types of consequences; the positive and negative. The positive referred to nothing but good and bad presented. The negative is when something good or bad is
taken away.
Edward Thorndike studied how learning takes place when response of animal is reinforced. He used a cat as an experimenter. The cat was placed in the puzzle box that was shut
by a simple latch. Then a piece of salmon was placed near to the box which encourage the cat to nd a way getting out from the box. At rst the cat try to extending their paws
but couldnt reach it. The cat then try other ways and soon able to open the [Link] immediately get the sh as a reward.
This experiment is repeated again and again with the same cat. It gone through the same response before it was able to open the box. Eventually, the cat can quickly open the
door and this is how it learn to solve a puzzle box
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