PSYC 2210 Lecture 5: Learning- Detailed notes from lecture FIVE!!
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Operant/ instrumental conditioning: foundations/ reinforcement schedules ( chapters 6 and 7) Primary reinforcers different foods have different reinforcing effects i. e. lasagna vs brussel sprouts water will be reinforcing if you"re deprived of it - i. e. in the desert for days. Terminal behaviour occurs when animals are deprived and. Interim behaviour when animals are deprived and reinforcement. Will be available, but not at that moment. Applicable to people making jittery movements while passing time, waiting for something to happen (ex: fathers waiting for their baby to be delivered, and waiting for a bus) Ex: a rat pressing a bar to lower a bridge and then climb a. Wanted to know if he could separate contiguity and contingency. Food arrived every 20 seconds if the rat did nothing. Used three lights only one would provide food. There was a computer that would turn off a light at random. There was a magazine that contained holes to provide food upon.
