Operant Conditioning Flashcards by Eliza Morgan

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Operant Conditioning

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Type of learning, give rewards or consequences

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Law of Effect-Edward Thorndike

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Reward=more behavior
Consequence=less behavior

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B.F. Skinner

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Trained pigeons tricks for food

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Reinforcement

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Increases behavior

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Positive Reinforcement

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Add something they like to increase behavior

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Negative Reinforcement

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Subtract something they don’t like to increase behavior

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Primary Reinforcement

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What we use. Automatic reward - food, sleep, love

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Secondary Reinforcement

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What we use. Learned reward - money

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Punishment

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Decrease behavior

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Positive Punishment

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Add something they don’t like to decrease behavior

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Negative Punishment

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Subtract something they like to decrease behavior

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Shaping

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The process of rewarding steps along the way

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Discrimination

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Only do specific behavior for reward

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Extinction

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Behavior dies without reward/consequence

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Schedules of Reinforcement

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When we reward/punish

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Continuous Reinforcement

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Reward/punish all the time

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Partial Reinforcement

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Reward/punish only sometimes

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Fixed Ratio Reinforcement

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Set number

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Variable Ratio Reinforcement

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Random number

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Fixed Interval Reinforcement

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Set time

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Variable Interval Reinforcement

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Random time