main features of operant conditioning

Question 1

what type of learning is OC

Answer 1

learing through consequence

Question 2

what is positive reinforcement

Answer 2

recieve something we want/like for performing a desirable behviour

Question 3

what is primary and secondary positive reinforcement

Answer 3

primary - satisfy survival needs
secondary - aids survival needs

Question 4

what is negative reinforcement

Answer 4

something undesirable taken away in response to a desired behviour

Question 5

what is positive punishment

Answer 5

presenting something unpleasant/painful when undesirable behaviour shown

Question 6

what is negative punishment

Answer 6

removing something pleasant after undesirable behaviour

Question 7

what did skinner do with rats

Answer 7

positive reinforcement - rats press lever = food
negative reinforcement - rats press lever = avoid shock
punishment - press lever = shock

Question 8

evaluate OC

Answer 8

+ skinners box, posive and negative reinforcement and punishment
+ thorndike, time for cats to press level to be let out of box became shorter as reinforced with food, +ve reinforcement
+ used in therapy to encourage desirable behaviours through punishment
- breland and breland, pigs rewarded if wooden token put into piggy bank, dropped it and showed natural rooting behaviour, only works if animal learning similar behviour
- cant explain observed learning bahviours, SLT
- studies on animals reducing credibility