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Psychology of Learning EXP4404

Psychology of Learning EXP4404. Chapter 8: Operant Applications and Interpretations Dr. Steve. Topics Covered. Zoo Life (Animal Husbandry) Education Sports Self-Injurious Behavior Self-Control Delusions Awareness Helplessness Excessive Gambling Superstition Problem Solving/Creativity

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Psychology of Learning EXP4404

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  1. Psychology of LearningEXP4404 Chapter 8: Operant Applications and Interpretations Dr. Steve

  2. Topics Covered • Zoo Life (Animal Husbandry) • Education Sports • Self-Injurious Behavior • Self-Control • Delusions • Awareness • Helplessness • Excessive Gambling • Superstition • Problem Solving/Creativity • Verbal Behavior • Other Applications?

  3. Operant Applications: Zoo Life • Animal Husbandry

  4. Operant Applications: Education • Reinforcement (praise) of good behaviors and extinction (ignoring) of disruptive behaviors to control the classroom. • Other related education activities

  5. Operant Applications: Self-Injurious Behaviors • Treating Autism • Lovaas • Hughes, Tarpley, & Stephen • Carr & McDowell

  6. Operant Applications: Self-Control • Approaches • Dieting

  7. Operant Applications: Self-Control • Homework Assignment (pgs 40-42 workbook) • Operationally define a behavior you would like to change • Decide on a technique and explain why you chose it. • Organize materials needed. • Gather data. • Report data and graph it.

  8. Operant Applications: Delusions • Delusions • Layng & Andronis

  9. Operant Applications: Awareness • Self-Awareness – observing one’s own behavior. • Boyle & Greer

  10. Operant Applications: Learned Helplessness • Learned Helplessness (Seligman) • Immunization Training • Learned Industriousness

  11. Operant Applications: Treating Gambling Habits • Gambling habits maintained on intermittent schedules of reinforcement

  12. Operant Applications: Superstition • Superstitious Behavior – • Skinner

  13. Operant Applications: Insightful Problem Solving • How do new solutions arise if they have never been reinforced?

  14. Operant Applications: Creativity • Creativity • Pryor • Chambers

  15. Operant Applications: Verbal Behavior • Skinner • Language in babies

  16. Operant Applications: Other? • Weapon Systems • Service Animals

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