Operant conditioning

1. Operant Conditioning

2. outlines
 What is operant conditioning?
 Thorndike’s law of effect
 Stimulus Response(S-R)
 Thorndike’s Experiment
 Skinner’s Operant conditioning
 Reinforcement and Punishment
 Reinforcement and Punishment Types
 Generalization, Discrimination, Extinction
 Two questions??????????

3. Operant Conditioning
ThorndikeSkinner

4. Thorndike's law of effect
He states that behaviors followed by positive
outcomes are strengthened and that behaviors
followed by negative outcomes are weakened.

5. Stimulus-Response (S-R)
• According to Thorndike, the correct S-R
association strengthens, and the incorrect
association weakens, because of
consequences of the organism’s actions.
• Thorndike’s view is called S-R theory, Why?

6. Thorndike’s Experiment

7. Skinner’s Operant Conditioning
• Consequences, rewards or punishments – are
contingent on the organism’s behavior, How?

8. Reinforcement and punishment
• Reinforcement(reward): is a consequence that
increases the probability that a behavior will
occur.
• Punishment: is a consequence that decreases
the probability a behavior will occur.

9. Reinforcement and punishment
types

10. Generalization, Discrimination and
Extinction

11. How much Skinner’s Operant Conditioning
approach is useful in Teaching and Learning
process?
What are the differences between classical
conditioning and operant conditioning?