Operant conditioning

Operant conditioning

1. Behaviors

   • voluntary
   • change based on consequences

2. ABC's

   • Antecedants
     • occasion for behavior
   • Behavior
     • what organisms do
     • muscular, electrical, or glandular activity
   • Consequences
     • influence future behaviors
     • reinforcers and punishers

3. Reinforcement

   • Positive
   • Negative
   • increase likelihood of behavior

4. Punishment

   • punisher
   • decreases likelihood of behavior