PSYC 1023 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement, Motivation
12 Jun 2017
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Classical conditioning is for behavior for automatic and reflexive. How do rewards or punishments affect the likelihood of the behavior happening again in the future: study hard good grade study harder next time. Thorndike"s law of effect (theory: behavior that leads to satisfying state stamped in, behavior that leads to unsatisfying state stamped out. Skinner"s selection by consequences (first time testing in lab setting: rat in the cage to press lever for food results depend on behavior. Reinforcer: something that follows a behavior that increases the likelihood of the behavior. Antecedent: when you notice something in the environment: discriminative stimulus (for reinforcement) Something in the environment that you noticed that signals the likelihood of being reinforced: discriminative stimulus for punishment. Something in the environment that you noticed that signals the likelihood of being punished: discriminative stimulus for extinction. Stimulus in environment that signals the absence of reinforcement. Consequence: when you get something as a consequence as what you did.
