PSY 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Operant Conditioning, Behaviorism, Reinforcement
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Majored in english in college, but decided to go to graduate school in psychology. One of the seminal figures of the behaviorist movement. Mouse having to pull a lever to get food (mouse having to be trained through shaping) Rewarding the mouse when it goes on the side that has the lever. Rewarding the mouse when it touches the wall with the lever. Rewarding the mouse when it pulls the lever. Positive reinforcement: strengthens a response by presenting something positive. Negative reinforcement: strengthens a response by removing something negative (not punishment) Primary reinforcers (ex: food): things you need or something you want. Conditioned reinforcers (ex: money): things you don"t need but are valuable. Positive punishment: weakens a response by presenting something negative (ex: gross lungs on a box of cigarettes, a speeding ticket) Negative punishment: weakens a response by removing something positive (ex: getting grounded or getting your phone or tv privileges taken away)
