BU288 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Social Learning Theory, Slot Machine
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Learning relatively permanent change in behaviour potential that occurs due to practice or experience. Operant learning theory subject learns to operate on the environment to achieve certain consequences; behaviour is ultimately controlled by the consequences that follow; law of effect. Positive reinforcement application or addition of a stimulus that increases or maintains the probability of some behaviour; stimulus is the positive reinforce; reinforce is contingent on the occurrence of some desired behaviour. Negative reinforcement removal of a stimulus from a situation that in turn increases or maintains the probability of some behaviour; occurs when a response prevents some event or stimulus from occurring; the removed stimulus is the negative reinforce. If your boss yells at you when you are late and then says nothing when you arrive on time. Extinction gradual dissipation of behaviour following the termination of reinforcement; if the behaviour is not reinforced it will gradually dissipate or be extinguished.
