1. 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.

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

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

4. Operant Conditioning Principles and Procedures
Skinner Box- define

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

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

7. Examples of Operant Conditioning
Toilet Training
Target Behavior
Preparation
Reinforcers
Shaping

8. Examples of Operant Conditioning
Food Refusal
Target Behavior
Preparation
Reinforcers
Shaping

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

10. Operant Conditioning Details and Terms
Slides 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.

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

12. Consequences-Terms
Reinforcement- Punishment- Pica-

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

14. Reinforcement-Terms
Positive Reinforcement- Positive Reinforcer- Negative Reinforcement-

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

16. Reinforcers-Terms
Primary Reinforcer- Secondary Reinforcer-

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

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

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

20. Schedules of Reinforcement-Terms
Continuous Reinforcement- Partial Reinforcement-

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

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

23. Generalization-Terms
Operant Conditioning-Generalization- Classical Conditioning-Generalization-

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

25. Discrimination-Terms
Operant Conditioning-Discrimination- Classical Conditioning-Discrimination- Discrimination Stimulus-

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

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

28. 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 Be very specific and use the terminology you have learned.

29. 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.

30. Goal

31. Voluntary Response

32. Emitted Response

33. Contingent on Behavior

34. Consequences

35. Schedule of Reinforcement