PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6.2: Frontal Lobe, Devaluation, Contiguity

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Benjamin Giguere

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Operant conditioning: behaviour is influenced by consequences, voluntary responses, do so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g for reward or do(cid:374)"t do so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause of pu(cid:374)ish(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. Contingency means that a consequence depends on an action. Reinforcement is a process of rewarding for good behaviour in order for that behaviour to be repeated. Law of effect states that responses followed by satisfaction make it more likely to happen again, and responses followed by discontent make it less likely to happen again. Avoidance learning is negative reinforcement that removes the possibility of punishment. Escape learning is negative reinforcement which involves the removal of an unpleasant stimulus that is already there. Primary reinforcers are necessities that have inherent value, directly affect survival: food, water, shelter, sexual contact. Secondary reinforcers are things with learned value, do not directly influence survival: money, praise, trigger dopamine release in basal ganglia, and medial regions of frontal lobe.