PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Operant Conditioning, Operant Conditioning Chamber, Loudspeaker

• School: UBC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 101
• Professor: Janel Fergusson

Document Summary

Describe the difference b/w classical and operant conditioning. Describe skinner"s role in developing operant conditioning. Define and provide examples of positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, and negative punishment. Describe avoidance and escape as consequences of negative reinforcement. Explain the possible negative consequences of relying on punishment to change behaviour. Describe primary and secondary reinforces and give examples. Describe the schedules of reinforcement, including the likelihood of extinction and how quickly subjects learn. Explain shaping and chaining, including what they"re used for and how they"re accomplished. Discuss 4 factors that influence the rate of conditioning. Classical unconditioned stimulus and elicits the same response. = through association, a neutral stimulus becomes associated w/ an. Through association, a behaviour becomes more or less probable based on its. Responses that produce a satisfying effect are likely to be repeated. Responses that produce an unsatisfying/discomforting effect are unlikely to be repeated.