PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter module 6.2: Operant Conditioning, Classical Conditioning, Headache

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Module 6. 2: operant conditioning: operant conditioning: a type of learning in which behaviour is influenced by consequences, difference between classical and operant conditioning: in classical conditioning a response is not required for a reward to be presented. In operant conditioning, a response and a consequence are required for learning to take place: see table 6. 1 (page 244) Important concept in understanding operant conditioning is contingency: consequence depends upon action. (ex. Earning good grades is generally contingent upon studying effectively). Cats learned an operant response that was reinforced with escape from the box and access to a food reward. Over repeated trials the cats took progressively less time to escape because they have learned which responses work. He proposed the law of effect: the idea that responses followed by satisfaction will occur again and those that are not followed by satisfaction become less likely. Operant chamber (sometimes referred to as skinner boxes) is a standard apparatus for studying operant conditioning.

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