Psychology: Operant Conditioning

What is operant conditioning?

• Learning through association

• Learning through observation

• Learning through reward and punishment

• Learning through natural instinct

What animal was first used to test operant conditioning (B.F. Skinner)?

• Cat

• Rat

• Dog

• Mouse

What is positive reinforcement

• take away something to increase desirable behaviour

• add something to increase desirable behaviour

• take away something to decrease undesirable behaviour

• add something to decrease undesirable behaviour

what is positive punishment

• take away something to increase desirable behaviour

• add something to increase desirable behaviour

• take away something to decrease undesirable behaviour

• add something to decrease undesirable behaviour

What are the four schedules of reinforcement?

• Fixed interval

• Fixed Variable

• Variable ratio

• Variable interval

• Fixed ratio

What is an example of variable interval?

• Coffee shop loyalty card

• Hourly wages

• Pokie machine

• Catching a fish

What is an example of fixed ratio?

• Coffee shop loyalty card

• Hourly wages

• Pokie machines

• Catching a fish