comp psych short answer 2

law of effect

•Experiments with cats, puzzle boxes, trial and error problem solving

•Reinforcement strengths/increases behavior

•Reinforcement is any consequence that leads to an increase in behavior

•Punishments weakens/decreases behavior

adaptive value of operant conditioning

•it allows organisms to modify behavior based on consequences

• Behaviors that do not serve an adaptive purpose are difficult to acquire

• Behaviors that enhance species’ survival are easily acquired 

•Can shape or modify pre-existing tendencies

•FAP can become more efficient through experience

stimulus equivalence and language

• stim equivalence is a process that underlies language

• language makes stimulus equivalence possible

• products of stimulus control process

2 things law of effect says

•Satisfactory consequences increase behavior

•Unsatisfactory consequences decrease behavior