PSYA01H3 Chapter 6.2: PSYA01 Chapter 6.2: PSYA01 Chapter 6.2: Introduction to Psychology: PSYA01 Chapter 6.2 2016
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Operant conditioning a types of learning in which behaviour is influenced by consequences. The term operant is used because the individual operates on the environment before consequences can occur. In classical conditioning, it affect reflexive responses, operant conditioning involves voluntary actions such as speaking or listening, and etc. Classical conditioning is not required for a reward to be presented: e. g. Pavlov"s dogs, eat powder is presented regardless of whether salivation occurs: learning has taken place if a conditioned response developed following pairing between the conditioned stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus. In operant conditioning, a response and a consequence are required for learning to take place. The term contingency is important to understanding operant conditioning. Contingency a consequences depends upon an action. E. g. earning good grades is generally contingent upon studying effectively. Reinforcement (repeating the response due to a satisfaction) is a process in which an event or reward that followed a response increases the likelihood of that response occurring again.
