PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6.2: Edward Thorndike, Reinforcement, Operant Conditioning
12 Oct 2016
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A type of learning in which behaviour is influences by consequences. Try new food and gag = will not eat that food again. Involves voluntary actions (speaking/listening, starting and stopping an activity, and moving towards or away from something) A response and a consequence are required for learning to take place. Contingency: a consequence depends upon an action. The consequences of a particular behaviour can be either reinforcing or punishing. Reinforcement: process in which an even or reward that follows a response increases the likelihood of that response occurring again. Reinforcer: is a stimulus that is contingent upon a response, and that increases the probability of that response occurring again. Punishment: process that decreases that future probability of a response. Punisher: stimulus that is contingent upon a response, and that results in a decrease in behaviour. A child gets allowance for making her bed so she is likely to do it again in the future.
