PSYCH 2GG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning, Behaviorism
22 Jun 2017
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Radical behaviourism: an anti-theory: behaviour, skinner claimed, should be studied and explained in the most direct way possible, quit philosophizing and thinking of complex theories. Research: skinner"s theory based on two assumptions, human behaviour follows certain laws, causes of behaviour are outside the person and that these can be observed and studied. Exp analysis of beaviour: cause: manipulated effect: measured, cause: iv effect: dv. Operant learning: an addition to pavlov"s learning, organism reacts to the enviro, involuntary, responses elicited by a stimulus are labeled respondents, responses simply emitted by an organism are labeled operants, organism acts on the enviro, voluntary. Positive: studying happens; consequences would be a positive reinforcer (teacher approval) is presented when student studies, changes frequency of behaviour increases and student studies more. Intermittent reinforcement: occurs only some of the time, combined, a combo of continuous and intermittent. Partial: random, interval, reinforcement follows a correct response an avg of once every.
