PSY 3103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Classical Conditioning, Reinforcement, Operant Conditioning
22 Dec 2016
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In classical conditioning, the process is reflexive, in that the target of the response always occurs at the end of the sequence (ie. tone food salvation). Operant conditioning is not behaviour in response to something, but behaviour in order to achieve something. It is called operating conditioning because the response is operates on the environment to produce a consequence. Also called instrumental learning because the response is instrumental in producing a consequence. ex1. Thordike"s cat: decreased amount of time needed to open the trick box with time, the cat was rewarded sooner if they acted quicker. ex2. Skinner"s rat box where rats quickly learned that pressing on a lever provided them with a pellet of food. Skinner eventually made the distinction between respondent behaviour (reflexes which can be conditioned like in pavlov"s dogs) or they can be operant behaviour that are voluntary in nature and controlled by their consequences.
