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9.2 Operant Conditioning
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- 1Operant Conditioninglearning which a certain action is reinforced or punished, resulting in corresponding increasing or decreasing in occurrence (learning from the consequences of behavior
- 2Operantthe subject operates on or causes some change in the environment
- 3Reinforcementstimulus or event that follows a response and increases the likelihood that the response will be repeated
- 4Primary Reinforcerstimulus that is naturally rewarding, such as food or water, hunger, thirst, or sleep
- 5Secondary Reinforcerstimulus such as money that becomes reinforcing through its link with a primary reinforcer, such as money in human society
- 6Fixed-Ratio Scheduleschedule of reinforcement in which a specific number of correct responses is required before reinforcement can be obtained
- 7Variable-Ratio Scheduleschedule of reinforcement in which an unpredictable number of responses are required before reinforcement can be obtained
- 8Fixed-Interval Scheduleschedule of reinforcement in which a specific amount of time must elapse before a response will elicit reinforcement
- 9Variable-Interval Scheduleschedule of reinforcement in which changing amounts of time must elapse before a response will obtain reinforcement
- 10Shapingtechnique in which the desired behavior is "molded" by first rewarding any act similar to that behavior and then requiring closer approximations to the desired behavior before giving the reward
- 11Response Chainlearned reactions that follow one another in sequence, each reaction producing the signal for the next
- 12Negative Reinforcementincreases the strength of a given response by removing or preventing a painful stimulus when the response occurs
- 13Escape Conditioningtraining of an organism to remove or terminate an unpleasant stimulus
- 14Avoidance Conditioningtraining of an organism to withdraw from an unpleasant stimulus before it starts
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- 12th grade Psychology Flashcards on 9.2 Operant Conditioning , created by Julia P on 19/10/2017.
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