PSYC 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Operant Conditioning, Tantrum, Conditioned Taste Aversion

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 200
• Professor: Kathleen Hughes

Document Summary

Operant conditioning: reinforcement schedules, continuous reinforcement, partial reinforcement. Fixed ratio (number of times = consistent: rat very quickly learns to count to 5, variable ratio (number of times = flexible) - slot machines. Skinner: press green button = not a consistent number of time it needs to be pushed to get the food pellets. Random: research study: nicely groomed men went to central park and politely approached every woman and asked them out; determine rejection/acceptance rates. Fixed interval (number of times = consistent, time elapsed = fixed: have you performed the action yet in this time interval (farm ville) Parent hopes that child does behaviour which will result in parent not nagging anymore. However, kid is stubborn and is whining because they don"t want to do it. Kid usually wins out; parents gives in (cant stand whining): parent = conditioned: positive: shopping with a young kid. Child wants something you don"t want to get them.