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Human LearningTopic 4: Part 1 Operant Conditioning Foundations -

continued

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Punishment

Probably of response decreases

Weakening

Processes: Punishment

Stimulus: Punisher

Have to watch behavior

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Reinforcement Types

Positive reinforcement

Stimulus is added

Behavior increases

Says nothing about good

Different strokes for different folks

Negative reinforcement

Stimulus is removed

Behavior increases

Escape / avoidance

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Punishment Types

Positive Punishment

Stimulus is added

Behavior decreases

No moral value

Negative Punishment

Stimulus is removed

Behavior decreases

Response cost

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Contingency TableProbability of Behavior

Increases Decreases

Stimulus was

AddedPositive

Reinforcement

Positive Punishmen

t

RemovedNegative

Reinforcement

Negative Punishmen

t

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Types of reinforcers Unconditional

reinforcers

Sex, water, food

Conditioned reinforcers

Paired with other SR

Generalized reinforcers

Work with many people

Work with many behaviors

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Three-Term Contingency

Discriminative Stimulus

Behavior is under ‘control’ of a stimulus

Consequences are still the key.

SD - R - SR+/-

Describe reinforceme

ntCar not

handling well

Make Curry

“Confirm Delete?”

Increase in behavior ….

“Well done!”

Get alignment

Add too much

ginger.

Press “Yes”

Wobble goes away.

Tastes bad.

Lose paper.

SR+

SR-

SP+

SP-

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Complex Behavior and History

These processes form complex behavior

Plus a few more

Individual behavior patterns

Reinforcement history

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Candy - sylmac

Nebula - flaivolka

Scaffold - mattox

Prison – stockers9

Start button - ilco

Stop sign – svilen001

Beach - brasswatch