Behaviorism Ed Psych

what is classical conditioning?

pairing a neutral response with an unconditioned response and then train a behavior, an involuntary behavior

who came up with classical conditioning?

pavlov

who did the baby Albert experiment?

John watson

what did skinner do?

operant conditioning

what is operant conditioning?

driving force of learning is the environment, voluntary behavior controlled

what encourages behavior to happen again?

reinforcement

what discourages behavior to happen again?

punishment

what kind of behavior did reductionists study?

observable

what is the overjustification effect?

we can undermine internal motivation by rewarding it too much or in the wrong way

what is the premark principle?

encouraging yourself to do a less desired activity by rewarding it with a more desired activity

what is the premark principle also called?

grandmas rule

what is omission training?

always reinforcing the desired behavior instead of punishing the undesirable behavior

what are the three keys of reinforcement?

individually, culturally, and developmentally based

positive?

adding

negative?

taking away

what kind of punishment is effective?

continuous

2 main types of reinforcement schedules?

continuous and intermittent

2 subtypes of intermittent schedules?

interval and ratio

what does ratio mean?

amount

what does interval mean?

time

types of interval schedules?

fixed and variable

types of ratio schedules?

fixed and variable