PSY 3103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-10: Operant Conditioning
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In both cc and oc, positive learning experiences create much more pleasing effects than do aversive experiences. The differences: cc is seen in basic biological and physiological response; oc involves voluntary responses, cc helps adjust responses of our body; oc helps adjust the behaviour we describe as. Higher processes: role of reflexes, cc builds from basic biological reflexes. Ex: bad food becomes a cs that elicits feelings of nausea. Cr: example of cc: sexual reflex can be triggered by us of stimulation of genitals without the need for reinforcement. Fantasies can become css that elicit sexual feelings, without reinforcement needed: example of oc: reinforcement is essential for learning operant skills needed for successfully stimulating the genitals. Sds or s s that cue when the new behaviour may lead to reinforcement, extinction, or punishment: oc: consequences modify both the frequency of various operant behaviours and the signal value of their antecedents.
