Operant Conditioning Learn the basic principles and procedures of operant conditioning. Explain how the idea of consequences lies at the heart of reinforcement and punishment. Understand the four basic schedules of reinforcement, how they are measured, and how they explain much behavior in humans and other animals.

Background: Thorndike and Skinner Thorndike’s Law of Effect Write a five sentence summary Law of Effect-Define

Background: Thorndike and Skinner Skinner’s Operant Conditioning Write a five sentence summary Operant Response-Define

Operant Conditioning Principles and Procedures Skinner Box- define

Why does the rat press a bar? Three factors in operantly conditioning a rat to press a bar 1. 2. 3. Shaping-Define

Shaping: Facing the Bar 1-3 sentence summary Shaping: Touching the Bar Shaping: Pressing the Bar Immediate Reinforcement Superstitious Behavior-Define

Examples of Operant Conditioning Toilet Training Target Behavior Preparation Reinforcers Shaping

Examples of Operant Conditioning Food Refusal Target Behavior Preparation Reinforcers Shaping

Operant Conditioning-5 Steps Summarize steps 1-5-make sure to cover all bold words.

Operant Conditioning Details and Terms Slides 11-27 Read the sub-sections in the text. Write brief notes as you read, focus on the “text” and not the “blue terms” within the text for your notes. Following each “text” slide is a “term” slide. Type the definitions into the “term” slides.

Consequences 3-5 notes as you read. Do not cover terms you will add them on the next slide.

Consequences-Terms Reinforcement- Punishment- Pica-

Reinforcement 3-5 notes as you read. Do not cover terms you will add them on the next slide.

Reinforcement-Terms Positive Reinforcement- Positive Reinforcer- Negative Reinforcement-

Reinforcers 3-5 notes as you read. Do not cover terms you will add them on the next slide.

Reinforcers-Terms Primary Reinforcer- Secondary Reinforcer-

Punishment 3-5 notes as you read. Do not cover terms you will add them on the next slide.

Punishment-Terms Positive Punishment- Negative Punishment- Self-injurious Behavior-

Schedules of Reinforcement 3-5 notes as you read. Do not cover terms you will add them on the next slide.

Schedules of Reinforcement-Terms Continuous Reinforcement- Partial Reinforcement-

Partial Reinforcement Schedules-Terms Fixed-Ratio Schedule- Examples: Fixed-Interval Schedule- Variable-Ratio Schedule- Variable-Interval Schedule-

Generalization 3-5 notes as you read. Do not cover terms you will add them on the next slide.

Generalization-Terms Operant Conditioning-Generalization- Classical Conditioning-Generalization-

Discrimination 3-5 notes as you read. Do not cover terms you will add them on the next slide.

Discrimination-Terms Operant Conditioning-Discrimination- Classical Conditioning-Discrimination- Discrimination Stimulus-

Extinction and Spontaneous Recovery 3-5 notes as you read. Do not cover terms you will add them on the next slide.

Extinction and Spontaneous Recovery-Terms Operant Conditioning-Extinction- Classical Conditioning-Extinction- Operant Conditioning-Spontaneous Recovery- Classical Conditioning-Spontaneous Recovery-

Applying Skinner’s Principles Read how the United States’ military used operant conditioning to train dolphins to find underwater mines after the Iraqi war on page 221 of the text. On the next slides describe how you would train an animal to do something using operant conditioning. Follow the steps on pg 217. Be very specific and use the terminology you have learned.

Add a Title Overview of your operant conditioning experiment. What are you attempting to train your animal to do? How will your experiment proceed? You may write this part after you have worked out the details of your experiment.

Goal

Voluntary Response

Emitted Response

Contingent on Behavior

Consequences

Schedule of Reinforcement