operant conditioning Flashcards
1
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who created operant conditioning
A
B.F. Skinner.
2
Q
reinforcing stimulus
A
the effect of increasing the operant, that is the behaviour occurring just before the reinforcer.
3
Q
Skinner box
A
has a bar or a pedal on one wall that, when pressed, causes a little mechanism to release food pellet into the cage.
4
Q
continuous reinforcement
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the original scenario, when someone does something good, they get rewarded.
5
Q
fixed ratio schedule
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its a continuous schedule that the subject must follow, for example the rat presses the pedal three times. it gets a treat.
6
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systematic desensitization
A
created by Joseph Wolpe.
