Q7 Flashcards
Variable Interval Reinforcment-
A reinforcer is delivered for the first response after an average time interval which varies unpredictably.
Ex. Childs persistent whining is reinforced, checking on car mechanic to see if ur car is done.
Reinforcement-
The stimulus that follows a response that increases the likelihood of a response.
Fixed Ratio (FR)- Ex-
A reinforce is delivered after a fixed number of responses.
Ex- being payed by the bushel picked. Maid takes a break after cleaning three rooms.
Variable Reinforcement VR-
Ex?
A reinforcer delivered after average number of responses, which varies unpredictably.
Ex- gambling on slot machines, buying lottery tickets and winning, baseball player hits every 3 times
What processes increase the likely hood of repeating a behavior and decreases the likelihood of a behavior?
Positive and negative reinforcement increase the likelihood of a behavior and punishment decreases the likelihood of a behavior.
Who developed Operate Conditioning?
B.F. Skinner
Conditioned or secondary reinforcer?
A stimulus that has acquired value by being associated with a primary reinforcer like money, smiles, or frequent flier points.
What is an Operate?
The voluntary behavior that operates on the environment to produce consequences.
Bobo doll experiment?
Children observed adults hitting and using aggressive language towards a doll, later the children imitated the behavior modeled by the adults. Showed the power of observational learning.
Who did the Bobo doll experiment?
Albert Bandura
Fixed interval reinforcement (FI)-
Ex?
A reinforce is delivered for the first response after a present time interval (studying before a test), checking to see if cookies are done, every Saturday payday.
Punishment? Ex?
Addition of a stimulus that decreases the likelihood of the repose being repeated.
Ex- spank
What is Operant Conditioning?
The learning process that involves reinforcing the operant
How is taste aversion as discovered by John Garcia, different between classical conditioning?
Taste aversions- Garcia discover it from injecting rats with saccharine water and nausea producing drug. The rats avoided the fluid after only one pairing. Could develop when 24 hours separated the taste and Nausea.
Classical conditioning- pairing a neutral stimulus with and UCS
What things did Martin Seligman say?
Humans are biologically prepared to develop fears of certain objects or situations.
Fears of snakes, heights, spiders, and enclosed places, important to evolutionary survival.
Humans are not likely to develop phobias about ladders, electrical outlets, or sharp object, even just as dangerous.
What did Bandura conclude with?
Reinforcment is not necessary for learning to occur
What did the American psychological association conclude about media violence and its effect on children?
Viewing media violence can contribute to an increase in aggressive attitudes, attitudes, and values. American youth witnesses 1000 rapes, murders, and assaults on tv every year.
Negative reinforcement? Ex?
The removal of an unpleasant stimulus after a response, increasing the likelihood of the response being repeated.
Ex: taking Tylenol to remove a headache