Operant conditioning
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Who did research on operant conditioning?
BF Skinner (1953)
What did Skinner suggest?
Learning is an active process whereby humans and animals operate on their environment.
What are 3 types of consequences of behaviour?
Positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement and punishment.
What is positive reinforcement?
Receiving a reward when a certain behaviour is performed.
When does negative reinforcement occur?
When an animal or human avoids something unpleasant.
What is punishment?
An unpleasant consequence of behaviour
What would happen when you're finding a way to avoid punishment?
It would be negative reinforcement.
What do positive and negative reinforcement do?
Increase the likelihood that behaviour will be repeated.
What does punishment do?
Decrease the likelihood that behaviour will be repeated
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