1. Human Learning
Topic 4: Part 1 Operant Conditioning Foundations
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2. History
Cats
Law of Effect
Satisfying event
Stamped in
Annoying event
stamped out
Unobservable
Discrete trials
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3. History
Skinner
Removed
inference
Free
operants
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4. Operant Conditioning
Voluntary behavior
Consequences determine probability
Eliciting vs. Emitting
No blank slate here!
Behavior operates on environment
Environment operates on behavior
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5. Natural Selection
Species Level
Selection
Phylogeny
Cultural Level
Selection
Change over time
Individual Level
Selection
Ontogeny (selection
by consequences)
Operant
Variation
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6. Consequences
Stimuli
Future behavior only
No moral value
Immediate consequences
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7. Reinforcement
Probably of response
increases
Strengthening
Processes: Reinforcement
Stimulus: Reinforcer
Have to watch behavior
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