Lecture 7 - Infant Learning

  1. positive reinforcement
    increases behavior by giving desired stimulus
  2. negative reinforcement
    increases behavior by removing aversive stimulus
  3. positive punishment
    decreases behavior by giving aversive stimulus
  4. negative punishment
    decreases behavior by removing desired stimulus
  5. Reinforcer
    good consequence, increases behavior
  6. Punishment
    bad consequence, decreases behavior
  7. Extinction
    no consequence, no response
  8. Why is negative reinforcer not a punishment?
    bc it is removing a bad thing whereas punishment is giving a bad consequence
  9. Conjugate/contingent reinforcement
    reinforced every single time an action is completed
  10. intermittent reinforcement
    random reinforcement
  11. Logic of operant conditioning
    modifies emitted, intentional responses
  12. you can only make inferences about..
    positive results NOT negative ones
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Lecture 7 - Infant Learning
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exam 1 - lecture 7
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