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- 1Operant ConditioningThis is when someone learns from the consequences of their behaviour, usually a reward (positive reinforcement) or punishment.
- 2KEY TERMS Thorndike's Law of Effect - Behaviours that are rewarded are usually repeated and those that are punished are unlikely to be repeated.KEY TERMS
Behaviour shaping - This is when a desired behaviour is broken down into small steps, and each step is taught by rewarding it until the whole behaviour is learned. - 3KEY TERMS Positive reinforcement - this is any type of reward that will increase the likelihood of something being repeated.KEY TERMS
Punishment- This is any unpleasant stimulus that will decrease the likelihood of something being repeated. - 4KEY TERMS Negative reinforcement - This is the pleasure that comes when an unpleasant stimulus is taken away, and so increases the likelihood of a behaviour that causes the unpleasant thing to stop.B.F.SKINNER
Skinner was a very famous psychologist who demonstrated these key terms using rats and pigeons. He placed rats in a special cage called a skinner box, which had leavers and buttons the animals could press. - 5There was a food pellet dispenser and bars on the floor that could deliver electric shocks. When the rat pressed the lever by accident a food pellet would appear, and the rat would soon learn to press it again showing learning by positive reinforcement.Sometimes the rats would receive electric shocks, and could turn these off by pressing a lever, showing learning by negative reinforcement.
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