PSYCH-101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Psych, Automatic Behavior, Operant Conditioning
11 Sep 2020
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Push a lever to open a box and reach fish. Behavior operates on the environment to produce rewarding or punishing stimuli. Organisms associate their own actions with consequences. Actions followed by reinforcement increase; those followed by punishments often. Everyday behaviors are continually reinforced and shaped decrease. Everyday behaviors are continually reinforced and shaped. Gradually guiding toward closer and closer approximations of the desired behavior. Is any stimulus that, when presented after a response, strengthens the response. Increases behaviors by stopping or reducing negative stimuli is any stimulus that, when removed after a response, strengthens the response. Removing something that was annoying or painful. Ex. you got a b+, you are no. Removing an aversive consequence as a reward. Something negative you add when the behavior is wrong. Punishment administers an undesirable consequence or withdraws something desirable in an attempt to decrease the frequency of a behavior (a child"s disobedience)
