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Operant Conditioning
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- 1Positive reinforcementGiving something pleasant after a desired behaviour
- 2Negative reinforcementTaking away something unpleasant after a desired behaviour
- 3Positive punishmentGiving something unpleasant after an undesired behaviour
- 4Define Operant conditioningBehaviours emerge by learning which behaviours carry positive consequences and subsequently repeating them.
- 5When are we most likely to repeat a behaviour?When there's a favourable consequence
- 6Define reinforcementThe effect of increasing the frequency of a behaviour which is followed by a pleasant consequence
- 7Define a primary reinforcerAny reinforcer that satisfies a biological need e.g. food
- 8Define a secondary reinforcerLearned, lead to primary reinforcers e.g. money (which allows you to buy food)
- 9Why is punishment less effective than reinforcement?Because it can create feelings of anger/fear in the person being punished.
- 10What's the difference between classical and operant conditioning?Classical: building associations between different stimuli. Operant: learning from the consequences of our behaviour
- 11PsychologistsThorndike & Skinner
- 12Define punishmentPresenting something unpleasant in order to decrease the frequency of a behaviour
- 13State 5 schedules of reinforcement1. Continuous 2. Fixed interval 3. Variable interval 4. Fixed ration 5. Variable ratio
- 14Which reinforcement schedule had the best resistance to extinction?Variable ratio
- 15Define shaping?Increasing the complexity of the behaviour needed to get praise
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