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Operant conditioning
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Operant conditioning
Learning occurs when we are rewarded
- The reward becomes a reinforcer (encourages you to repeat it)
- S.F. Skinner - Skinner box and rat experiment
- The reward becomes a reinforcer (encourages you to repeat it)
Shut rat in skinner box
when rat passes line given food
line gets narrower
Eventually rat learns it has to pull on lever to get food
pulls lever any time it wants food
Similar to baby crying to tell mother its hungry. Gets reward of food so crying is reinforced
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- AS Level Social development (Learning theory) Mind Map on Operant conditioning, created by Louise goswell on 18/11/2014.
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