01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Operant Conditioning Chamber, Operant Conditioning, Behaviorism
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Psychological principle that states that behaviors that result in satisfying consequences. Example: basketball players have a preferred method of shooting their foul shots will be reinforced and become more likely to reoccur. due to the satisfying results (baskets made) they achieve with it. Can also be reversed, with behaviors that result in irritating consequences becoming. Modern psychologists consider this a description of operant conditioning. less reinforced, thus, becoming less likely to reoccur. Labelled as one of the most influential radical behaviorist due to his proposal of operant conditioning, which was a method that involves the reinforcement of good behavior with a reward and weakening it with a punishment. Operant conditioning refers to the idea that an individual learns by receiving a reward or punishment after the operation of a certain type of behavior. Example: when a rat learns that pressing a lever gets it more food, it has.
