Operant Conditioning Flashcards
Operant conditioning
Type of learning, rewards and consequences for behavior
Law of Effect- Edward Thorndike
Reward=more behavior, consequence=less behavior
B.F. Skinner
Trained pigeons to do tricks for food
Reinforcement
Increase behavior
Positive reinforcement
Add something they like to increase behavior
Negative reinforcement
Subtract something they don’t like to increase behavior
Primary reinforcement
Automatic reward
Secondary reinforcement
Learned reward
Punishment
Decrease behavior
Positive punishment
Add something they don’t like to decrease behavior
Negative punishment
Subtract something they like to decrease behavior
Shaping
The actual process, reward small steps (towards behavior)
Discrimination
Only doing behavior you ask
Extinction
Loss of behavior without reward/consequence
Schedules of reinforcement
When we reward/punish
Continuous reinforcement
Always reward
Partial reinforcement
Sometimes reward
Fixed ratio reinforcement
Set number, quickest response
Variable ratio reinforcement
Random number, longest lasting
Fixed interval reinforcement
Set time, cramming/procrastination
Variable interval reinforcement
Random time, autopilot/consistency
Type of learning, rewards and consequences for behavior
Operant conditioning
Reward=more behavior, consequence=less behavior
Law of Effect- Edward Thorndike
Trained pigeons to do tricks for food
B.F. Skinner