PSYA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Habituation, B. F. Skinner, Edward Thorndike
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Difference between cr and ucr -> cr isn"t as strong as ucr (muted version of the same kind of respond but it can also be very similar) e. g. dog"s response to bell before food is shown -> less saliva. Operant conditioning -> behaving in way x within context y leads to . Not without a husband -> on her own she is just a woman) Operant conditioning is about forming brand new behaviours. Think of sea world -> reward and punishment system. Operant -> the notion that humans learn from operating on their environment. We behave, then note the consequences and then use them to modulate future behaviour. Edward thorndike -> learning by trial and accidental success". Law of effect -> states that the behaviour that is followed by a positive consequence will tend to be repeated (note similarity to evolution theory)
