Skinner Flashcards
skinner’s psychology
reinforcement theory
skinner’s summary
skinner believed that personality is a pattern or collection of operant behaviors. he valued measurable and observable concepts, as only what is measurable was valid to him. he used a system of negative and positive reinforcements and positive and negative punishments to guide behavior. this shows his theory that human personality/behavior is created by a direct interaction with our environmentto skinne
to skinner, personality is the same as
behavior
skinner called psychology
what an organism does
operant contitioning
(skinner)
-antecedent > behavior > consequence
shaping
(skinner)
-rewarding successive approximations to move towards the target behavior
punishment teaches
(skinner)
what NOT to do, not what TO do
positive reinforcement
adding something positive, in order to reward desired behavior
-end is GOOD for the subject
negative reinforcement
taking away something you do not like, in order to reward desired behavior
-end is GOOD for the subject
positive punishment
adding something you do not like, in order to punish undesired behavior
-end is BAD of the subject
negative punishment
taking away something you like, in order to punish undesired behavior
-end is BAD for the subject
schedules of reinforcement
(skinner)
-interval and ratio
fixed interval
(skinner)
-set amount of time
-ex: getting paid every two weeks
fixed ratio
(skinner)
-set amount of actions/things
-ex: putting 5 coins in the vending machine to get a snack
variable interval
(skinner)
-vague amount of time
-ex: getting a bonus sometime this year
