OPERANT CONDITIONING Submitted by: RuAnn H. Roach April 18‚ 2014 Introduction to Psychology PS124 – 11 Dr. K. Latimer John B. Watson and B. F. Skinner were the forefathers of behavioral learning‚ an alternative scientific perspective to the failure of introspection. Where Ivan Pavlov used classical conditioning (learning that occurs when a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a stimulus that naturally produces a behavior) these behaviorists‚ Watson and Skinner‚ focused their research
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What Is Operant Conditioning? Operant conditioning (sometimes referred to as instrumental conditioning) is a method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior. Through operant conditioning‚ an association is made between a behavior and a consequence for that behavior. Operant conditioning was coined by behaviorist B.F. Skinner‚ which is why you may occasionally hear it referred to as Skinnerian conditioning. As a behaviorist‚ Skinner believed that internal thoughts and
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Operant Conditioning The following paper will examine the concept of learning as well as how this concept of learning is related to cognition. Through this examination there will be a description of the theory of operant conditioning‚ a comparison and contrasting view of positive and negative reinforcement‚ and a determination of which type of reinforcement is most effective. Following this determination there will be a given scenario where the application of operant conditioning shapes behavior
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OPERANT CONDITIONING ELEMENTS -the likelihood that a behavior will occur is increased by reward (i.e.‚ REINFORCEMENT) and decreased by PUNISHMENT. PUNISHMENT - introduction of an aversive stimulus aimed at reducing the rate of an unwanted behavior. RE-INFORCEMENT - any event contingent upon the response of the organism that alters the likelihood of the response. - rewarded response are always strengthened but - punished responses do not always diminish POSITIVE RE-INFORCEMENT -any event
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Operant Conditioning B.F Skinner based his work on the work of Edward Thorndike who developed the law of effect theory (Olson & Hergenhahn‚ 2013). Through his work Skinner went on to identify fundamental principles of learning‚ based on experiments with pigeons and rats. From these experiments‚ Skinner developed an explanation as for how humans learn behaviors or change behaviors‚ and went on to infer that patterns of reinforcement shape behavior‚ which is operant conditioning. Comparing
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Introduction to Psychology September 18‚ 2012 OPERANT CONDITIONING ASSIGNMENT Operant conditioning would demonstrate learning based on a cause and effect reaction of one’s behaviors (Stangor‚ nd). For instance when a dog is told to roll over and does so as a result of a direct order; it is due to being praise for such action in the past (Stangor‚ nd). To best describe operant conditioning in my personal life; would be when I was place on adult probation for five years. I was not doing what
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essay is to describe operant conditioning and how the concept can be applied in ways not explicitly covered in the course. I will explain a factually correct definition‚ a theory that is most closely related to Operant Conditioning‚ and the methods by which B.F Skinner understood it or had studied it. Learning is a form were a individual response operates on the environment to produce a positive reinforcement or to remove a negative reinforcement‚ known as operant conditioning For Instance‚ my young
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Operant Conditioning is the concept that you can change someone’s behavior by giving them rewards or punishing them. Let’s pretend that you HATE cleaning your room (it’s a big stretch here I am sure). Your parents give you $50 every time you clean your room. Will this change your behavior? Sure‚ you will have a REALLY clean room. But will this change your feelings about cleaning the room? Probably not‚ you may clean it more‚ but you will not enjoy it any more than before you received the money
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or physically. With classic conditioning‚ we respond to our environment and it stimulates a physical response. Like‚ when a child hears an ice cream truck‚ they become very excited. If the child does not get to go to the ice cream truck‚ the response might become extinct from not being able to get ice cream when they hear the truck. Operant conditioning is different than classic conditioning because with operant‚ a consequence follows the action put forth. If a child rides their bike down a hill
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Psychology 202 (Introduction to Psychology II) Professor: Dr. Ronald Boykin‚ Instructor Gregory McBride-Bey‚ Student # 3779800 Operant Conditioning I am experiencing an Operant Condition of learning in how to become a Rehabilitation Specialist for consumers who have mental health disabilities and Co-occurring disorders. I am tasked with developing new ways of of thinking‚ and using skills to encourage
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