PSYC-281 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Reinforcement, Operant Conditioning, Tantrum
1 Mar 2017
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Thorndike"s law of effect states that behaviours leading to a satisfying state. Operant conditioning is different from thorndike"s law of effect because of affairs are strengthened while behaviours leading to an unsatisfying or annoying state of affairs are weakened. Operant conditioning is a type of learning in which the future probability of a: define the terms reinforcer and punisher. A reinforcer is something that follows a behaviour and increases the future probability of the behaviour occurring again. A punisher is something that follows a behaviour and decreases the future probability of the behaviour occurring again. Define the three-term contingency and diagram an example. A discriminative stimulus is a stimulus in the presence of which responses are reinforced and in the absence of which they are not reinforced; a signal that indicates that a response will be followed by a reinforcer.
