How We Learn

Question 1

Skinners operant conditioning

Answer 1

~punishment doesn’t teach the correct behaviour in a given condition
~harsh punishment especially physical, teaches agressive behaviour
~Harsh punishment is often ineffective at producing behaviour change
~Harsh punishment often leads to negative emotional reactions

Question 2

Alternatives to physical punishment

Answer 2

~ time out
~ restitution ; the child has to give something up
~ fines ; the child has to pay a fine (swear jar)
~ loss of privileges (being grounded)

Question 3

Banderas social leaning therory is about

Answer 3

Learning through observation and imitation of others behaviour (children see children do)

Question 4

Social learning theory steps

Answer 4

1. Attention; observers must fist pay attention to the models behavior
2. Retention in memory; observers must retain a cognitive representation/memory of the behavior
3. Reproduction of the behavior; use their stored memory of the behavior too reproduce that behavior
4. Motivation; the observer must be motivated to actually execute the behavior

Question 5

Fixed ratio schedule

Answer 5

Schedule of reinforcement… organism is rewarded every xth of the time (consistent reward)

Question 6

Variable ratio schedule

Answer 6

Schedule of reinforcement… varied reward

Question 7

Fixed interval schedule

Answer 7

Organism is rewarded for the first desired response every xth interval of time

Question 8

Variable interval schedule

Answer 8

Rewarded in an average xth interval of time