CHYS 3P47 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Attention Seeking, Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement
20 Jan 2016
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The process through which behaviour is strengthened as a function of its consequences (something that follows it, so you engage in the behaviour to get whatever the thing was) Strengthened observed increase in frequency, rate, duration, etc over time. Behaviour that affects the environment to produce consequences and is in turn influenced by those consequences (put gas into car, and it runs, when you see that it"s close to empty you will refill again) May include a grouping of individual responses, controlled by the same consequences (child attention seeking) Does not include unconditioned and conditioned reflexes (blinking vs. winking can"t condition n operant sense) An event that, when presented immediately following a behaviour, causes the behaviour to increase in frequency (or likelihood of occurrence) Situation: person is sitting in 3p47 class and the professor asks a question. Response: student raises hand and answers the question.
