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Only being afraid of certain spiders, instead of all spiders
Discrimination
Your bell schedule in school
Fixed Interval Schedule (FI)
Losing your car after getting an obscene speeding ticket
Punishment
Creating the theory that learning is attained via observationa nd imitation
Bandura
Gambling at the casino- and eventually winning
Variable Ratio Schedule (VR)
Responsible for the creation of Operant Conditioning
Skinner
Responsible for the creation of Classical Conditioning
Pavlov
Piaget Pennies, Darwin Dough, Bio-bucks...etc...are all examples of
Token Economy
Classical Conditioning is...
Biological
Operant Conditioning is...
Evironmental
Operant Conditioning
(definition)
type of learning
behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished by a punishment
Reinforcement
In Operant Conditioning
Strengthens the behavior
Shaping
In Operant Conditioning
Procedure in which reinforcers guide behavior toward the desired behavior
Law of Effect
Thorndike
Behavior is more likely to occur with favorable consequences
Behavior is less likely to occur with unfavorable consequences
Primary Reinforcers
(3 types)
Food
Sex
Water
Is innately in everyone
Secondary Reinforcers
ex
: Money
Gains power because of association with primary reinforcer
They are learned
Punishment
Event that decreases behavior that it follows
Positive Reinforcement
Increasing behaviors by presenting positive reinforcers.
Negative Reinforcement
Brings on relief
Takes away a stimulus to increase behavior
ex
: Advil
Continuous Reinforcement
Reinforcing the desired response everytime it occurs
Good
: Shaping occurs quickly
Bad
: Extinction occurs quickly
Partial Reinforcement
Only reinforces part of the time
Good
: Extinction is harder to take place
Bad
: $ and Time consuming
Over Justification
Doing something only to receive a reward at the end because you've done it over and over again so many times
4 types of Partial Reinforcement
Fixed Ratio
Variable Ratio
Fixed Interval
Variable Interval
Fixed Ratio/FR Schedule
Reinforcing the response only after a specific number of responses
ex: Car salesmen get paid by how many cars they sell (commission)
Variable Ratio/VR Schedule
Is the strongest
Reinforcing the response after a unpredictable amount of responses
ex: Gambling at the casino
Fixed Interval/FI Schedule
Only reinforce the individual after a specific period time
ex: Making cookies. They have a specific time that they need to stay in the oven.
Variable Interval/VI Schedule
Reinforce the individual after a variable amount of time
ex: Receiving a text message back from a friend
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