Module 22 Flashcards
Skinner
Developed behavioral technology and principles of behavior control
Designed and used the skier box for experiments and recorded responses
Any event that strengthens proceeding response
Reinforcement
Gradually guiding toward closer and closer approximations of the desired behavior
Shaping
Increases behaviors by presenting positive reinforcers
Positive Reinforcement
Is any stimulus that, when presented after a response, strengthens the response
Postive reinforcer
Increases behaviors by stopping or reducing negative stimulus is any stimulus that, when removed after a response, strengthens the response
Negative reinforcement
Is unlearned, innately reinforcing stimulus
Primary
Gains power through association with primary reinforcer
Conditioned
Includes pattern that defines how often a desired response will be reinforced
Reinforcement Schedule
Involves reinforcing the desired response every time it occurs
Continuous Reinforcement schedule
Includes a schedule reinforcing a response only part of the time, results in slower acquisition of a response but much greater resistance to extinction than does continuous reinforcement
Partial Reinforcement
a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified number of responses
Fixed-ratio schedule
schedule in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response after an unpredictable number of responses
Variable-ratio
A reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified time has elapsed
Fixed-Interval schedule
a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response at unpredictable time intervals
Variable-interval schedule
