Operante Konditionierung Quiz

Study Notes

Operant Conditioning

Operant conditioning is a type of learning where behavior is strengthened or weakened by the consequences that follow it.
It contrasts with classical conditioning, which involves associating two stimuli.
In operant conditioning, the learner operates on the environment, and the consequences of that operation affect the likelihood of the behavior being repeated.

Skinner Box

A Skinner box, also known as an operant conditioning chamber, is a controlled environment used to study operant conditioning in animals, most commonly rats and pigeons.
It typically includes a lever or key that an animal can press or peck to receive a reward (reinforcer).
The box often has mechanisms to record the animal's responses, such as the number of lever presses or pecks per minute, as well as timing of responses.
Features of the box can be systematically manipulated to observe the effects.

Key Concepts in Operant Conditioning

Reinforcement: A consequence that strengthens a behavior.
- Positive reinforcement: Presenting a desirable stimulus after a behavior. Example: Giving a dog a treat after it sits.
- Negative reinforcement: Removing an unpleasant stimulus after a behavior. Example: Fastening a seatbelt to stop the beeping sound.
Punishment: A consequence that weakens a behavior.
- Positive punishment: Presenting an unpleasant stimulus after a behavior. Example: Spanking a child after misbehaving.
- Negative punishment: Removing a desirable stimulus after a behavior. Example: Taking away a teen's phone for breaking curfew.
Shaping: Gradually guiding an animal or person towards a desired behavior by rewarding successive approximations of that behavior.
Extinction: Gradual weakening and disappearance of a learned response when the behavior is no longer reinforced.
Generalization: Responding similarly to a new stimulus that is similar to the original stimulus associated with reinforcement.
Discrimination: Responding differently to stimuli that are different from the original stimulus associated with reinforcement.

Schedules of Reinforcement

Continuous reinforcement: Reinforcing a behavior every time it occurs. Quick learning but likely to result in faster extinction.
Intermittent reinforcement: Reinforcing a behavior only some of the time. Slower initial learning, but more resistant to extinction.
- Fixed-ratio schedule: Reinforcement after a specific number of responses.
- Variable-ratio schedule: Reinforcement after a varying number of responses. Often leads to high and steady rates of response as the animal never knows when the next reward will come.
- Fixed-interval schedule: Reinforcement after a specific period of time. Leads to a response rate that increases as the time interval gets closer to its end.
- Variable-interval schedule: Reinforcement after a varying period of time. Leads to a steady response rate as the time to reinforcement never is predictable.

Applications of Operant Conditioning

Therapy: Used in behavioral therapy to modify maladaptive behaviors in humans.
Education: Used to encourage desired learning behaviors.
Parenting: Effective when used to alter children's behaviors in appropriate ways.
Animal training: Used to teach animals new tricks or behaviors through positive reinforcement techniques.
Industrial settings: Used to improve work performance using positive reinforcement.

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