EDPSY 014 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Operant Conditioning Chamber, Action Action, Operant Conditioning
18 Jan 2016
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Social learning theories- the effects of thought and action/ action and thought. Cognitive learning theories- unobservable mental processes that people use to learn and remember new skills. A change in an individual caused by experience. Not things caused by development or present at birth. Unconditioned stimulus- the reaction before learning occurs; Unconditioned response- the automatic reaction; also salivation. Neutral stimulus- something that has no prior reaction to before the experiment; bell. Neutral stimulus + unconditioned stimulus = conditioned stimulus. Operant behaviors- operate on environment in the apparent absence of any unconditioned stimuli. Operant conditioning- the use of pleasant and unpleasant consequences the change behavior. The role of consequences: pleasurable consequences increase. The premack principle- promote behavior by making access to something desirable contingent on doing something less desirable. Example: as soon as you finish your work, you may go outside.
