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Respondent Behavior
some type of stimulus is present and elicits a response
Operant Behavior
influenced by the consequence or result of a behavior
a behavior and a reinforcer are required
thorndike's law of effect
all things being equal, any behvaior followed by a staisfying state of affairs will increase in frequency.
all things being equal, any behavior followed by an annoying state of affairs will dcrease in frequency
Skinner Box
controlled environment
may observe animal behaviors
Operant Level
the frequency of response before the introduction of a reinforcer
Conscious awareness....
is not necessary for conditioning to take place
shaping
diferential reinforcement of successive approximations
punishment
a behavior is followed by a negative stimulus that decreases the frequency of a behavior
extinction
the removal of reinforcement for a previously reinforced response
results in a decrease in the rate of responding and return to the operant level
Corporal Punishment
physical punishment
may result in negative consequences.
Discriminative stimulus
sets the occasion for reinforcement
indicates that when this stimulus is present reinforcement will come.
Primary Reinforcers
related to survival, require no previous learning to have significance
Secondary Reinforcers
acquire reinforcing properties through being paired with primary reinforcers
Generalized Reinforcers
class of secondary reinforcers thathave been paired with more than one primary reinforcer
Chaining
A situation where one repsonse brings the organism into contact with stimuli that reinforce the response and stimulate the next response
Continual System of reinforcement
reward all responses each time
partial reinforcement
only reinforce certain responses
fixed interval
reinforcement is provided for the first response that occurs after some ixed period of time has elapsed
Fixed Ratio
reinforcement is provided after a fixed number of responses
Variable interval
reinforcement is provided for the first response that occurs after a varying interval of time
Variable Ratio
reinforcement is provided after a varying number of responses
Author
twinkle
ID
77847
Card Set
Chapter 10
Description
B.F Skinner
Updated
2011-04-06T22:50:08Z
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