Operant conditioning

Edward thorndike

Internal factors like emotions and beliefs cannot explain behaviour but instead were actively chosen by the organism

Rewarding approximations of desired behaviour

<p>Environment, the behaviour, change in the environment following the behaviour, change in the behaviour produced by this consequence</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Taking away something unpleasant</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Naturally satisfying reinforcers because it is not learned</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Value is acquired through experience</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Adding something unpleasant to decrease the likelihood of an undesired behaviour</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Taking away something pleasant</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Learning something in one situation and applying it to other situations</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Degree of correlation between a behaviour and its consequences</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The gap in time between a behaviour and its reinforcing</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A large reinforcer is usually more effective than a small one in terms of size, magnitude, strength.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Behaviour that depends on smooth muscles and glands is harder to reinforce than behaviour that depends on skeletal muscles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Establishing and abolishing</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Behaviour is reinforced everytime it occurs</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Behaviour is reinforced after occurring a set number of times</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reinforcement of behaviour occurs at unpredictable number of times.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rewarding behaviour after fixed amount of time passes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reward is given after varied amount of time passes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Waiting for a delayed but more valuable reinforcer</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An immediate punishment is more effective than a delayed one</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Having immediate consequences is more effective than a delayed one to provide better connection to the behaviour</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Using operant conditioning to change a behaviour</p> Signup and view all the answers