exam (operant and conditional)

operant conditioning

behavior is modified by consequences that follow a voluntary act

B.F. Skinner (operant)

organisms tend to repeat responses that are followed by favorable consequences, behavior is all that matters and can be shaped by reinforcement

Thorndikes law of effect (operant)

behavior with favorable consequences- repeated

behavior with unfavorable consquences- disappears

reinforcement

anything that increases the likelihood of a behavior

food money attention etc

punishment

anything that decreases the likelihood of a behavior

pain, loss of something good, etc

primary reinforcer

inherently reinforcing bc it satifies a basic biological need

food, water, etc

secondary reinforcer

stimulus that becomes reinforcing bc it satisfies learned needs

positive reinforcement

response is strengthened bc its followed by a rewarding stimulus

something is given to increase behavior

negative reinforcement

response is strengthened bc its followed by the removal of an unpleasant stimulus

something is taken away to increase behavior

positive punishment

response is weakened bc its followed by an unfavorable stimulus

something is given to decrease behavior

negative punishment

response is weakened because its followed by the removal of a pleasant stimulus

something is taken away to decrease behavior

violence viewing effect

violence is commited by attractive perpetrators

albert bandura

did the bobo doll experiment, social cognitive theory

habituation

weaker response to repeated stimuli over time

classical conditioning

stimulus develops capacity to create a response that was originally brought on by some other stimulus

Ivan Pavlov

studied role of saliva in digestive processes in dogs, fed dogs meat powder in order to measure amount of saliva produced

principle aquisition

process of learning the conditioned response

principle extinction

gradual weakening and disappearance of the conditioned response

principle spontaneous recovery

conditioned response comes back, after a period on nonexposure

principle generalization

conditioned response triggered by other stimuli

principle discrimination

conditioned response triggered only by similar stimuli

principle higher order conditioning

a situation in which the CS in one experience is paired with a new and different NS to create a new link

John Watson

did the little albert experiments