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Operant Conditioning

Operant Conditioning. AGENDA May 7, 2012. Today’s topics KWL: The New Science of the Teenage Brain Operant Conditioning Experiment: I need three volunteers… Administrative STAMP: Glossary terms (Primary reinforcer …Punishment) Case Study: Conditioning Aggressiveness Homework

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Operant Conditioning

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  1. Operant Conditioning

  2. AGENDAMay 7, 2012 Today’s topics KWL: The New Science of the Teenage Brain Operant Conditioning Experiment: I need three volunteers… Administrative STAMP: Glossary terms (Primary reinforcer…Punishment) Case Study: Conditioning Aggressiveness Homework Glossary terms (Social learning…Token economy)

  3. KWL: The New Science of the Teenage Brain • Complete the 1st column on your chart (“K”) • What do you already know about this topic? • Complete column #2 (“W”) • What questions do you have about this topic? • Read the article and answer as many of your questions as you can in column #3 (“L”) • Place a question mark for any unanswered questions

  4. Case Study: Conditioning Aggressiveness

  5. I need three volunteers…

  6. Operant Conditioning Types of reinforcement • Positive: Reward for repeating desired behavior • Negative: Removal of a painful or unpleasant stimulus Which type of reinforcement is STAMPS?

  7. Operant Conditioning Types of reinforcement • Primary: Satisfies a biological need (hunger, thirst, sleep…) • Secondary: Reinforcement that has acquired value through pairing with a primary reinforcer (money, fame, poker chips…) Which type of reinforcement is STAMPS?

  8. Operant Conditioning Schedules of reinforcement • Fixed interval • Variable interval • Fixed ratio • Variable ratio Which type of reinforcement is STAMPS? Video: http://www.cengage.com/psychology/discipline_content/clipsforclass/behavior.html

  9. Classical Conditioning vs.Operant Conditioning • See chart page 248

  10. Shaping & Chaining Shaping: A technique that is used in operant conditioning in which the behavior is modified by stepwise reinforcement of behaviors that produce progressively closer approximations of the desired behavior Chaining: The learning of a sequence of responses through shaping. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAtDw87bhcw

  11. Homework Before you leave • Pick up your belongings & any trash • Straighten desks Homework • Glossary terms (Social learning…Token economy)

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