PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Reinforcement, France 3, Vending Machine
3 Feb 2014
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Instrumental conditioning: instrumental conditioning: the learning of a contingency between behaviour and consequence, explicit training between voluntary behaviours and their consequences. Thorndike: thorndike"s experiment: measured time it took cat to learn to open door by pulling string. The puzzle box: frequency of random behaviours gradually decreased over time, suggests that animals follow a simple stimulus-response type process with little credit for consciousness. Four consequences: presentation of a positive reinforcer, presentation of a negative reinforcer, removal of a negative reinforce. Lesson 4: instrumental conditioning: removal of a positive reinforce. Reward training: presentation of a positive reinforcer ----> reward training (picture of dog receiving a treat, or person putting money into vending machine). Omission training: removal of a positive reinforce ----> omission training, version of omission training includes classic time-out. Escape training: removal of a negative reinforcer ----> escape training, a constant negative reinforcer being presented that the learner is motivated to have removed.
