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Operant Conditioning
Introduction to Operant Conditioning
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the reinforcement of closer and closer approximations of desired behavior = __ | shaping |
| behaviors with appetitive consequences are strengthened, while behaviors with aversive consequences are weakened = __ | Law of Effect |
| the type of learning in which the future probability of a behavior is affected by its consequences = __ | Operant Conditioning |
| an event that follows a behavior and increases the chances of it happening again = __ | reinforcer |
| an event that follows a behavior and decreases the chances of it happening again = __ | punisher |
| presentation of a stimulus that affects the probability of a response = __ | positive |
| removal of a stimulus that affects the probability of a response | negative |
| a sudden increase in a behavior immediately following the beginning of extinction = __ | extinction burst |
| What was Thorndike's hypothesis after his experiment with cats? | the effects of our random actions determine how likely we are to do them again |
| According to Thorndike, if you __ something, you will do it more often | like |
| What is the first process in observational learning? | attention |
| What is the second process in observational learning? | memory |
| What is the third process in observational learning? | imitation |
| What is the fourth process in observational learning? | motivation |
| According to social learning theory, how do we best control our social behavior? | By controlling which situations we put ourselves in |
| According to Bandura, what has the most impact on our social situations? | observation and imitation |
| In order to get an organism to do a behavior that it would not naturally do, what do you need to reward? | Extinction burst |