PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Operant Conditioning Chamber, Reinforcement, Operant Conditioning

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Paul Wehr

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Psych 101 learning operant conditioning january 23rd. Positive and negative here refers to the addition a subtraction of a stimulus. If you take away something that is aversive then you will reinforce. If you remove desire then your punished. Know the difference between punishment and negative reinforcement. Fastening your seatbelt to turn off the sound in the car is the removal of an aversive stimulus and is a negative reinforcement (baby crying and headache) Rats are good at pushing button, has visual and auditory stimulus. There is reinforcement in the form of food and punishment in the form of a shock. Stimulus generalization: tendency for a response that has been reinforced in the presence of one stimulus to occur in the presence of other similar stimuli. Pigeon learns to peck a circle also pecks an oval. I like pilsners i would like to try other beers.