Operant Conditioning

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What is operant conditioning?

  • a type of learning that occurs through the reinforcement/punishment of that consequences of an individual’s action

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What is positive reinforcement?

  • when something is added to increase the likelihood of a behaviour

  • e.g. giving the rat food every time it presses the lever

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What is negative reinforcement?

  • when something is removed to increase the likelihood of a behaviour

  • e.g. electric shock turns off if they press the lever

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What is positive punishment?

  • when something is added to decrease the likelihood of a behaviour

  • e.g.

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What is negative punishment?

  • when something is removed to decrease the likelihood of a behaviour