PS261 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Classical Conditioning, B. F. Skinner, Reinforcement
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The motivation of instrumental behaviour has been considered from two perspectives: thorndike"s. Each approach has identified interesting ideas, but neither can stand alone. Instrumental response occurs in the context of specific stimuli turning key in ignition of your car requires you to be in your car. There are three events to consider in instrumental learning: (s) the stimulus context, (r) the stimulus response, (o) response outcome, or reinforcer. The s-r association and the law of effect. Considered to be key to instrumental learning and to the law of effect. The only role of the reinforcer is to strengthen the s-r association, the reinforcer itself is not a participant in this association. Habits become responses in an automatic reaction to the stimulus context. You come to predict that something important will happen when you encounter a stimulus that signals the significant event or allow you to predict that the event will occur. Pavlovian conditioning is the basic process of signal learning.