PSYC 2000 Chapter : Learning PT 2
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Watson quote: give me a dozen healthy infants well-formed and my own specified world to bring them up in and i"ll guarantee to take aby one at random and train him to become any type of specialist. Operant conditioning: operant conditioning: the learning of voluntary behavior through the effects of pleasant and unpleasant consequences to responses. Puzzle box: whether something is reinforcing or punishing is determined by the effect that thing or event has on future behavior, e. g. time out, praise for participation, 1. Is something added or taken away: positive vs. negative, (by application vs. by removal, 2. The smoke detector in jesse"s house is low on batteries. Its emits an annoying chirp every few seconds. Punishment: best when applied immediately so that relationship between unwanted behavior and punishment is clear. Is the availability of reinforcement predictable: fixed vs. variable. Is the availability of reinforcement related to the number of responses or the passage of time: ratio vs. interval.
