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OPERANT CONDITIONING
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- 1POSITIVE REINFORCERBehaviours following a positive reinforcer eg a child being offered money to tidy room
- 2NEGATIVE REINFORCERRepeating behaviours and stopping something negative from happening eg drinking alcohol to remove depression
- 3PUNISHMENTUnpleasant consequences to reduce behaviour
- 4PRIMARY REINFORCERSomething basic such as food or drink
- 5SECONDARY REINFORCERSomething that can be exchanged such as money being exchanged for goods
- 6EVALUATION:) Skinner rats learnt through trial and error as were placed in a box with levers, some levers led to reinforcers such as food or water and others led to electric shocks
- 7EVALUATION:) uses highly controlled lab settings which results in objective and reliable data which can be replicated
- 8EVALUATION:( simplistic way of explaining behaviours as ignored mental processes that occur during learning
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- A level Psychology (APPROACHES) Flashcards on OPERANT CONDITIONING, created by Aamna Khan on 06/06/2018.
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