Operant Conditioning Flashcards
Reinforcement
Process of increasing the future probability of the most recent response
Operant conditioning
The process of changing behavior by providing a reinforcement after a response
Visceral responses
Responses of the internal organs. Emotional
Skeletal responses
Movements of leg muscles and arm muscles. Physical
Reinforcer
An event that follows a response and increases the later probability or frequency of that response
Primary (unconditioned) reinforcers
Reinforcing because of their own properties
Secondary (conditioned) reinforcers
Reinforcing because of previous experiences
Positive reinforcement
Presentation of an event that strengthens or increases the likelihood of a behavior
Negative reinforcement
A kind of reinforcement and therefore it increases the frequency of a behavior it is negative because the reinforcement is absent of something
Negative punishment (omission training)
The omission of the response leads to restoration of the usual privileges
Punishment (passive avoidance learning)
The individual learns to avoid an outcome by being passive
Stimulus generalization
The more similar a new stimulus is to the original reinforced stimulus the more likely is the same response
Who is associated with operant conditioning?
Edward L. Thorndike
