PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Operant Conditioning Chamber, Electric Shock, Reinforcement

• School: UW
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 101
• Professor: Michael W Passer

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Thorndike"s law of effect: a response followed by a satisfying consequence will be more likely to occur, a response followed by an annoying consequence will be less likely to occur. Operant conditioning: behavior is influenced by the consequences that follow it. Skinner box: a special chamber used to study operant conditioning o o. A food pellet is released when the lever is pressed. Reinforcement: a response is strengthened by an outcome that follows it: reinforcer: the outcome (a stimulus or event) that increases the frequency of a response. Punishment: a response is weakened by an outcome that follows it o o. Punisher: a consequence that weakens (decreases) the frequency of a response. Skinner"s analysis of operant behavior: a: antecedents of behavior, b: behaviors o. Classical: behavior changes are due to the association of two stimulus (cs-ucs) presented prior to the response (cr) o. Operant conditioning: behavior changes as the result of the consequences that follow in (reinforcement or punishment) o.