Reinforcement, Punishment And Social Learning Theory Flashcards
Operant conditioning
Learning consequences
Positive Reinforcement
Recieving something pleasant for a behaviour so we repeat it.
Negative Reinforcement.
The avoidance of something pleasant so we do it again.
Primarh reinforcers
Satisfy a basic biologocal need i.e water, food, shelter
Secondary reinforcers
No survival value, but have associated it with primary reinforcers i.e money, fame. Controlled by ego.
Positive Punishment
Recieving something unpleasant for a behaviour so we don’t do it again.
Negative punishment
Taking away something pleasant so we do not do it again.
Social learning theory
Behaviour is learned through the observation and imitation of role models.
Retention
Being able to recall the modeled behaviour.
Modeling
Learning a new behaviour through paying attention to, retaining and reproducing the behaviour of the role model.
Reproduction
An ability to reproduce the behaviour.
Reproduction
An ability to reproduce the behaviour.
Observational learning
Learning new behaviours from watching and modelling a role model.
Motivation
This increases the likelyhood of performing the observed behaviour.
Role model
A person who we admire or with whom we have similar charcteristics
