PSY 3303 Study Guide - Final Guide: B. F. Skinner, Classical Conditioning, Token Economy

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3303
• Professor: Dave Miranda

Document Summary

A skinnerian variant of the experimental method consisting of exposing one subject to three experimental phases. 3. (a) a baseline period (b) introduction of reinforcers to change the frequency of specific behaviours (a) withdrawal of reinforcement and observation of whether the behaviours return to their earlier frequency (baseline period) In behavioural assessment, an emphasis on the identification of antecedent events and the consequences of behaviour, and a functional analysis of behaviour involving identification of the environmental conditions that regulate specific behaviours. The emphasis in assessment on specific behaviours that are tied to defined situational characteristics. An approach within psychology, developed by watson, that restricts investigation to overt, observable behaviour. A process, emphasized by pavlov, in which a previously neutral stimulus becomes capable of eliciting a response because of its association with a stimulus that automatically produces the same or a similar response. Watson and rayner"s term for the development of an emotional reaction to a previously neutral stimulus.