Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Behaviour Therapy, Operant Conditioning, Learned Helplessness

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Next time: memory - scan: finish chapter 7; pg. Schedules of reinforcement: cognitive approach, behaviour therapy. Higher-order conditioning: pairing primary stimulus with secondary stimulus. Schedules of reinforcement: continuous reinforcement (cr, reinforce every correct response, not the best reinforcement, fixed ratio (fr, reinforce every nth correct response. Fr1 = cr: variable ratio (vr, on average, reinforce every nth correct response. Vr5 might include: a: 3, 7, 5 b: 13, 1, 1 c: 4, 4, 7. In each case, the mean = 5: fixed interval (fi, reinforce first correct response after a certain time has elapsed. Fi 1 minute: reinforce first correct response after 1 minute: variable interval (vi, reinforce first correct response after a certain time has elapsed, on the average. Vi 1 minute a: 2 min, 30, sec, 30 sec b: 90 sec, 45 sec, 45 sec c: 15 sec, 1 min, 105, sec.