PSYC-3306EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Operant Conditioning, Motivation, Reinforcement
14 Mar 2018
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This is an example of learning performance distinction: the unrewarded animals learned about the maze (latent learning) but the test did not allow them to demonstrate it. Intrinsic: the behaviour is reinforcing (donating to charity, scratching an itch) Extrinsic: the behaviour brings about consequences that are reinforcing (donating to charity that offers a possible reward/prize) Giving extrinsic rewards can decrease intrinsic motivation when: the reward is tangible (money, the reward is expected, the reward is not based on the quality of the performance. Prior experience with a reward determines the effect. Positive contrast (small large) will make a reward more effective. Negative contrast (l s) will make the reward less effective. A stimulus that is associated with a primary reinforcer is called a conditioned reinforcer. A marking stimulus can also be used to help shape a behaviour in the absence of a reinforcer: studies with a 2mos. old baby learning to move a mobile with their feet to play music.
