Operant Conditioning

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CLASSICAL CONDITIONING

Stimulus → Response

Involuntary

OPERANT CONDITIONING

Response → Stimulus

Voluntary

John B. Watson

B.F. Skinner

Operant ConditioningEverything we do is to

receive a reward or avoid a punishment.

Operant Conditioning Vocab

• Reinforcement – something that follows a response and strengthens the tendency to repeat that response

Big Bang Theory

SeaWorld trainers use operant conditioning techniques to train marine mammals.

• When an animal performs a particular behavior and the consequences of that behavior are in some ways reinforcing to that animal, the animal is likely to repeat that behavior.

• For instance, if a whale splashes its trainer, : the trainer becomes wet, then of several consequences may follow, trainer jumps backward, the crowd cheers, etc. If any of these consequences is reinforcing to the whale, the whale is likely to repeat the splashing behavior.

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/animal-planet/37897-most-outrageous-killer-whale-training-video.htm

• While watching the video list behaviors you observe and the reward the whale receives.

Behavior Reward

Two Types of Rewards Rewards1.) I will buy you lunch – your choice!2.) You and the whole class get free sodas!3.) I will give you 20 dollars!4.) I will give you 20 extra credit points!

Primary and Secondary1.) I will buy you lunch – your choice!2.) You and the whole class get free sodas!3.) I will give you 20 dollars!4.) I will give you 20 extra credit points!

Operant Conditioning Vocab

• Primary Reinforcement – something necessary for psychological or physical survival that is used as a reward

• Secondary Reinforcement – anything that comes to represent a primary reinforcer, such as money

We see operant conditioning a lot in parenting…

Good Grades Rewarded

Tantrums Punished

Rewards and Punishments

Positive Reinforcement Increase a behavior by giving a reward, something pleasant

Negative Reinforcement Increase a behavior

by removing something unpleasant

PunishmentDecrease a behavior by following it with

unpleasant consequences

What have you done recently that was positively reinforced, negatively reinforced, or punished? Try to find an example for each.

Write Positive Reinforcement =Negative Reinforcement/punishment =

Physical Therapy

• Watch the video:

• What type of reinforcement is being used?• Is it successful?

Operant Conditioning in Physical Therapy

Today’s Summative• Using the three types of Operant Conditioning,

prove what you learned today. Give examples.

• Use Pen. Turn in today.

• There are three ways Operant Conditioning can be achieved. The first is……

• Operant Conditioning can be learned using three types of reinforcement. The first is…..