behaviourism

Question 1

who must you mention when talking about behaviourism

Answer 1

Skinner

Question 2

What was skinners experiment

Answer 2

OPERANT CONDITIONING

• in one condition the floor was giving the rat an electric current all the time, when you press the lever the electric current went away
• in another condition the rat got a treat every time it press the lever
• In another condition the rat got an electric shock every time he pressed the lever

Question 3

Reinforcement meaning

Answer 3

The process of encouraging a behaviour because you want the behaviour to continue

Question 4

Positive reinforcement

Answer 4

Something good is given to you which makes behaviour more likely to occur

Question 5

Negative reinforcement

Answer 5

Something bad is taken away from you as a reward for good behaviour so you will continue this behaviour

Question 6

Positive punishment

Answer 6

Something bad is given to you as a result of your bad behaviour

Question 7

negative punishment

Answer 7

Something good is taken away from you as a result of bad behaviour

Question 8

Example of where operant conditioning can be used for robbery

Answer 8

positive, all the money and goods

negative, The sense of anxiety of not having enough money to feed the family is now taken away