PSYCH 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 96: B. F. Skinner, Operant Conditioning Chamber, Reinforcement
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Learning by the consequences of a thought, behavior, or experience, either pleasant/unpleasant. Tested his theory with the famous skinner box . Rat pressing bar to get a treat. Delivery of some experience following a behavior/thought. Removal of some experience following a behavior/thought. When the dog rumbles, human laughs and the dog gets attention. When you anxiously worry you"ll die, but you don"t. Relief increases the likelihood of worrying again. Taking something away as a consequence and makes you want to do the thing again. When owner feeds the cat all of the mom"s gin, he. When bieber street races drunk, he gets his driver"s license revoked: distorted cognitions. Irrational, extreme, and/or unrealistic thinking can lead to maladaptive emotions, behaviors, and disorders. A stimulus or event does not directly create a response. Stimuli are first interpreted, which then determines the response. Abc model: activating event (stimulus) belief. Beliefs about self & world automatic thoughts. People make systematic errors in their thinking.
