PPT-Chapter 7 Instrumental or Operant Conditioning

The Traditions of Thorndike and Skinner  The Initial Learning of an Instrumental or Operant Response  The Importance of Immediate Reinforcement Associative Mechanisms in Instrumental Conditioning . Educational Psychology Interactive. Operant Conditioning. Part II. Last rev: June 2012. Questions to ask when analyzing examples. What was the TARGET behavior? What behavior was INCREASED or DECREASED?. The major theorists for the development of operant conditioning are:. Edward Thorndike. John Watson. B.F. Skinner. Operant Conditioning. Operant conditioning investigates the influence of consequences on subsequent . Abbie, Jessica, Nick, Katie. Operant conditioning . Reward and punishment . The rewarded behavior will be more likely to happen again . Skinner stumbled across what we know today as the skinner box. This box allowed him to collect a record of what the animal picked(reward or punishment). . Classical Conditioning. Operant Conditioning. Social Norms. Cognitive Dissonance. Stages of Change. Classical Conditioning. Ivan P. Pavlov. . (1849-1936). Russian physiologist. Credited for the first systematic investigation into classical conditioning.. Conditioned Learning. Review: What is Conditioned Learning?. Acquiring or changing patterns of behaviour as the result of an environmental stimulus.. Examples?. Smile back when someone smiles at us. Stop at a red light. Overview. Habituation. Classical conditioning. Instrumental/operant conditioning. Observational learning. Thorndike and Law of Effect. Classical Conditioning considers only involuntary reflexes. . How are voluntary responses learned?. What is Behavioural Psychology?. It is based on the belief that psychologists need . empirical evidence. in order to understand and change human behaviour.. . Behavioural psychologists use . experimentation. (Basic Issues). Learning, Psychology 3510. Fall, . 2016. Professor Delamater. Associative Learning. Pavlovian. . vs. Instrumental Conditioning:. . CS - US Contingency. R - . Reinforcer. . Contingency. Schools of Thought. Behaviourism. Recall: Behavioural Psychology. What were/are the main beliefs/assumptions?. Need empirical evidence to understand human behaviour & make changes to it. Should be . 20-1: WHAT IS OPERANT CONDITIONING?. Operant conditioning . is a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher.. Actions followed by reinforcers increase; those followed by punishment decrease.. With classical conditioning you can teach a dog to salivate, but you cannot teach it to sit up or roll over. Why?. Salivation is an involuntary reflex, while sitting up and rolling over are far more complex responses that we think of as voluntary. . The Law of Effect (Thorndike). Any behavior that has a desirable effect tends to be repeated, whereas any behavior that has negative effects tends not to be repeated.. BF Skinner – Operant Conditioning. Pavlov . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMJJpbRx_O8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpSxJw0BFZs. Skinner box. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt4N9GSBoMI. Big Bang Theory . Exam Question. What is Operant Conditioning?. BOO/YEAH DEMO!. Reinforcement. is the Yeah!. Punishment. is the Boo!. Classical v. Operant. They both use acquisition, discrimination, SR, generalization and extinction.. Classical Conditioning . is automatic .