PSYCH 1X03 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Reinforcement, Unit
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We learn effects of behaviour through operant (instrumental) conditioning. The learning between voluntary behaviour and its consequences. Shaping rewarding bits until behaviour is achieved. Secondary reinforcers established through conditioning; use secondary to get primary. Temporal proximity how close the behaviour and the consequence are in time. Explicit training between voluntary behaviours and their consequences. The learning of a contingency between behaviour and consequence. Studied cats in a puzzle box (food outside box for motivation); main focus on overt behaviour rather than mental elements. Predicted that it would take less time to escape in later trials. Actually found: the frequency of random behaviours gradually decreased over time. Favourable behaviours are stamped in ; unvfavourable behaviours are stamped out. Stamping in = a behaviour that results in a positive/ favourable consequence. Stamping out = a behaviour that doesn"t associate with any reward/ has negative consequence. Reinforcer stimulus that, when presented after a response, leads to a change in that rate of response.
