Name That Schedule
You receive a paycheck every other Friday.
What is fixed interval?
If Catarina does all of her homework, she doesn't have to do the dishes.
What is negative reinforcement?
Annabelle gets a speeding ticket and has to pay a fine.
What is operant conditioning?
Annabelle gets a speeding ticket and has to pay a fine.
Annabelle gets a speeding (behavior) ticket and has to pay a fine (P-).
(can also argue P+, tell me why)
Watching "Scream", Marisol flinches anytime someone is stabbed, despite not being hurt herself, because of this type of cell.
What are mirror neurons?
You get a stamp for every question you answer. Every 5 stamps, I give you a piece of candy.
What is fixed ratio?
If Tariq practices his violin for an hour, he gets to watch TV.
What is positive reinforcement?
Jason disturbed a beehive at summer camp and got stung many times. Now the mere sight of a cabin makes him anxious.
What is classical conditioning?
Jason disturbed a beehive at summer camp and got stung many times. Now the mere sight of a cabin makes him anxious.
Jason disturbed a beehive outside his cabin (NS) at summer camp and got stung many times (US). Now the mere sight of a cabin (CS) makes him anxious (CR).
Give an example of primary reinforcement.
food, water, sleep, shelter, pleasure
After differing amounts of plays each time, a slot machine hits a jackpot.
What is variable ratio?
If Alphonse fails an exam, his phone is taken away for a week.
What is negative punishment?
Nell has sleep paralysis and often sees a lady with long dark hair and a white dress during her episodes. She now gets anxious around women with long dark hair even when she is awake.
What is classical conditioning?
Nell has sleep paralysis and often sees a lady with long dark hair and a white dress during her episodes. She now gets anxious around women with long dark hair even when she is awake.
Nell has sleep paralysis (US) and often sees a lady with long dark hair and a white dress (NS) during her episodes. She now gets anxious (CR) around women with long dark hair (CS) even when she is awake.
When you press the button on an elevator, it lights up. One day you press the button on an elevator and it doesn't light up, so you press it over and over trying to make it light up.
What is an extinction burst?
You give your partner a gift every now and then.
What is variable interval?
If Ash hits their brother, they get yelled at.
What is positive punishment?
Flora went swimming in a pond unsupervised and got yelled at. She now only swims with an adult around.
What is operant conditioning?
Flora went swimming in a pond unsupervised and got yelled at. She now only swims with an adult around.
Flora went swimming (behavior) in a pond unsupervised and got yelled at (P+). She now only swims with an adult around (discriminative stimulus).
Explain the law of effect. (Bonus for name of psychologist who came up with it.)
Edward Thorndike proposed behaviors with satisfying outcomes are more likely to be repeated and behaviors with unsatisfying outcomes are less likely to be repeated.
This schedule is the most resistant to extinction.
What is variable ratio?
Explain the difference between negative reinforcement and punishment.
negative reinforcement- take something negative away to increase behavior
punishment- aims to decrease behavior
When Luke uses drugs, he experiences euphoria. When he stops, he has violent withdrawals. Eventually, just seeing paraphernalia makes his heartrate increase and increases feelings of excitement. Therefore, he continues using.
What is both classical and operant?
When Luke uses drugs, he experiences euphoria. When he stops, he has violent withdrawals. Eventually, just seeing paraphernalia makes his heartrate increase and increases feelings of excitement. Therefore, he continues using.
When Luke uses drugs (behavior), he experiences euphoria (R+). When he stops (behavior), he has violent withdrawals (P+). Eventually, just seeing paraphernalia (CS) makes his heartrate increase and increases feelings of excitement (CR). Therefore, he continues using.
What happened in the Bobo Doll experiment?
Children watched adults play with a clown doll called "Bobo". The children who witnessed adults behave aggressively towards Bobo were more likely to behave aggressively towards him themselves, indicating imitation and the power of modeling.