PSYA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Edward Thorndike, Walden Two, Operant Conditioning Chamber
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If the cat did something and it had a positive effect (reward), he is more likely to do that again in the future: evolution theory: behaviours that have positive consequences are more likely to propagate. If they press it, it clicks down: train a rat to bar press under certain conditions was the goal, to make this work: provide consequences (punishment and reward, food (cid:449)as the rat"s (cid:373)oti(cid:448)atio(cid:374) to lear(cid:374) Measuring behaviour: behaviour is often measured in terms of rate of responding (i. e. , number of responses within some period of time, skinner came up with a response recorder apparatus that allowed him to record each response over time. Ways of altering behaviour: positive reinforcement - a given behaviour tends to increase in frequency if it is followed by an appetitive (desirable) stimulus, example: you smile at a stranger, he smiles back. You open your umbrella to avoid this negative stimulus.
