PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Rebar, Operant Conditioning Chamber, Classical Conditioning

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Paul Wehr

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Psych 101 learning operant conditioning january 20th. Classical conditioning: conditioned reflex results from association of neutral stimulus with us (acquisition of automatic reflexes): operant conditioning: particular responses increase or decrease depending on their consequences (voluntary actions). First to study operant conditioning by placing cats in a puzzle box. Ineffective responses became less frequent; effective responses became more frequent. Law of effect: behaviours that lead to satisfying results are stamped in whereas those that lead to unsatisfying results are stamped out . The cat is motivated to get out of the box and so they would start playing with it till the door opened. Actions associated with opening the box increased and actions associated with not opening are reduced. He is suggesting that knowledge is being learned and behaviorist did not like the terms: f. skinner (1904-1990) Radical behaviorism: rejected use of satisfying or unsatisfying as explanations for behaviour.