Operant conditioning

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Who did research on operant conditioning?

BF Skinner (1953)

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What did Skinner suggest?

Learning is an active process whereby humans and animals operate on their environment.

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What are 3 types of consequences of behaviour?

Positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement and punishment.

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What is positive reinforcement?

Receiving a reward when a certain behaviour is performed.

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When does negative reinforcement occur?

When an animal or human avoids something unpleasant.

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What is punishment?

An unpleasant consequence of behaviour

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What would happen when you're finding a way to avoid punishment?

It would be negative reinforcement.

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What do positive and negative reinforcement do?

Increase the likelihood that behaviour will be repeated.

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What does punishment do?

Decrease the likelihood that behaviour will be repeated