PSY 101 Study Guide - Operant Conditioning, Classical Conditioning, Observational Learning
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Objective 6. 1 define learning, response, reinforcement, antecedents, and consequences and explain how these terms are related to classical and operant conditioning. Objective 6. 3 explain how reinforcement occurs during the acquisition of a classically conditioned response; describe higher-order conditioning; and discuss the informational view of classical conditioning. Objective 6. 4 describe and give examples of the following concepts as they relate to classical conditioning: a. extinction; b. spontaneous recovery; c. stimulus generalization; and d. stimulus discrimination. Objective 6. 6 briefly describe the history of operant conditioning, including thorndike"s law of effect and the work of b. f. skinner; contrast the two types of conditioning; and differentiate between the terms reward and reinforcement. Objective 6. 7 explain operant conditioning in terms of the informational view; define response-contingent reinforcement; and describe the deterimental effect of delaying reinforcement and how response chaining can counteract this effect.
