101676 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Reinforcement, School Refusal, Classical Conditioning

• School: UWS
• Department: University of Western Sydney
• Course: 101676
• Professor: Gabrielle Weidemann

Document Summary

Operant vs. classical conditioning: classical conditioning - modification of reflex behaviours (e. g. salivation, nausea, eyeblink, anxiety, operant conditioning - modification of voluntary behaviours, complex behaviours outside the lab are often influenced by both operant conditioning and classical conditioning. For example, school refusal con be influenced by classically conditioned fear and by operant conditioning of avoidance behaviours. How do we study operant conditioning: discrete trial procedure: It has a start and an end with one response and the reinforcement ususally occurs at the end. Free operant procedure: the response can be made at any time and reinforcement can be scheduled according to the response. Skinner"s definition of reinforcer does not help determine what stimulus or event will be an effective reinforcer. Secondary (or conditioned) reinforcers acquire their ability to reinforce through association with a primary reinforcer: money is the most obvious example.