Conditioning Flashcards
Operant Conditioning
Learning from the consequences of Actions
Positive Reinforcement
Receiving something pleasant for behaviour, so we repeat it.
Negative Reinforcement
The avoidance of something unpleasant, so we do it again.
Positive Punishment
Receiving something unpleasant for a behavior
Negative Punishment
Removing something pleasant so we do not repeat the behavior
Primary Reinforcers
These satisfy a basic biological need e.g. food, water, warmth, shelter.
Secondary Reinforcers
These are of no survival value, but we have learned to associate them with a primary reinforcer e.g. money, credit cards.
Social learning theory
Behavior is learned through the observation and imitation of the role models
Retention
able to recall the modeled behavior
Modeling
Learning new behavior through paying attention to, retaining and reproducing the behavior of a role model.
reproduction
an ability to reproduce the behavior
observational learning
learning new behaviors through watching and modeling a role model.
motivation
this increases the likelihood of performing the observed behaviour
Role model
a person who we admire or with whom we share similar characteristics.
Identification
this occurs in SLT when the learner replicates the behaviour and/or internalises belief
