Schedules of Reinforcement
Reinforcing a behavior every time it occurs
What is continuous reinforcement?
This was the Neutral Stimulus in the Little Albert experiment.
What is a white rat.
An example of this is a rat pressing a lever and the rat receives food
What is Positive Reinforcement
A change in behavior, resulting from experience
What is Learning
Imitating a behavior you see in others
What is Modeling
An example of this would be a dressmaker being paid $500 after every 10 dresses they make
What is fixed ratio
The Unconditioned Stimulus in the Little Albert experiment (UCS)?
What is the clanging together of metal bars?
An example of this type of consequence is if your parents lift your curfew for a good report card.
What is Negative Reinforcement.
When behavioral response to a stimulus DECREASES after a lengthy or repeated exposure
What is Habituation
An acquired fear that is exaggerated in comparison to the real threat of an object or of a situation.
What is a phobia
An example of this would be a teacher giving a quiz on Monday of every week.
What is Fixed Interval
Albert's Unconditioned Response
What is fear
An example of this type of consequence would be receiving extra chores for getting a bad grade.
What is Positive Punishment
the reinforcement of a desired response every time it occurs
What is continuous reinforcement
This is the unpredictable reinforcement schedule used in lottery games and slot machines
What is Variable Ratio?
The conditioned stimulus in this experiment
What is a white rat?
An example of this consequence is having your phone taken away
What is Negative Punishment
in operant conditioning, a procedure in which reinforcement guides behavior toward closer approximations of the desired goal
What is shaping
Any behavior that leads to a "satisfactory state of affairs" is likely to occur again. Any behavior that leads to an "annoying state of affairs" is less likely to occur again
What is the Law of Effect
An example of this would be if a rat were pressing a lever and it would receive food at times varying between 2 and 5 minutes.
What is Variable Interval?
the tendency to respond in the same way to stimuli that have similar characteristics for example Albert's fear of white fluffy objects that were not rats
What is generalization
This is the most effective type of consequence
What is positive reinforcement
a type of classical conditioning in which a previously desirable or neutral food comes to be perceived as repulsive because it is associated with negative stimulation
What is taste aversion
The process by which classical conditioning occurs. This is the repeated pairing of the neutral stimulus with the unconditioned stimulus
What is acquisition